JGethliiiem  ^^cminarn  ^oiiieair. 


HISTORY 


RISE,  PROGRESS,  AND  I'RESENT  fOXDITlOX 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY. 


WITH  A  CATALOGUE  OF  ITS  PUPILS. 


1785  —  1858. 


By   WILLIAM    C.   REICIIEL. 


rillLADELnilA: 

J.   B.   LIPPINCOTT   k  CO. 

185S. 


^ 


PREFACE. 


TuE  object  of  this  volume  is  to  present  to  tiic  friends 
of  Bethlehem  Female  Seminary,  and  the  public  generally, 
a  faithful  record  of  whatever  is  of  interest  in  connection 
with  this  Institution  from  its  original  foundation  down  to 
the  present  time.  In  order  to  do  full  justice  to  the  sub- 
ject, the  author  has  found  it  necessary  to  connect  with 
the  immediate  history  of  the  Seminary  an  account  of  the 
town  and  community  in  the  midst  of  which  it  was  reared 
and  fostered,  and  under  whose  auspices,  through  the 
divine  blessing,  it  has  prospered,  and  exercised  its  benign 
influence  upon  the  widely-extended  circle  of  its  pupils 
and  friends,  through  the  lapse  of  upwards  of  threescore 
years  and  ten. 

The  same  spirit  which  prompted  the  original  founda- 
tion of  the  town  of  Bethlehem,  and  of  other  similar 
establishments  of  the  Moravian  Church,  also  led  to  the 
establishment  of  this  Seminary,  as  well  as  of  other  educa- 
tional institutions  of  a  like  nature.  And  in  either  case, 
whether  with  town  or  seminary,  the  main  intention  was 
to  implant  into  the  human  heart  the  vital  principle  of 
true  faith  in  Christ  and  then,  in  connection  with  a  due 
improvement  of  our  various  faculties  and  talents,  to 
cultivate  and  develop  this  principle  by  such  means  and 
appliances  as  the  Sacred  Volume  and  a  deep  and  varied 
experience,  under  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  had 
suggested  to  the  venerable  founders  of  the  Moravian 
Church  and  their  successors. 


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^  PREFACE. 

In  order  to  a  correct  comprehension  of  the  original  and 
legitimate  object  of  a  Moravian  town  and  a  Moravian 
seminary  or  boarding-school,  it  will  be  necessary  to  con- 
sider them  both  from  a  strictly  religious  point  of  view. 
And  as  both  seminary  and  town,  so  far  as  regards  the 
principles  which  underlie  their  true  design,  are  so  inti- 
mately connected  with  each  other,  it  becomes  necessary, 
if  we  would  give  a  correct  account  of  the  former,  so  to 
entwine  the  history  of  both  that  the  reader  may  at  once 
clearly  apprehend  the  correspondence  which  exists  be- 
tween them,  and  thus  be  enabled  to  appreciate  their 
respective  characteristics  and  objects. 

The  author  is,  at  all  events,  confident  that  the  present 
volume  will  be  a  welcome  acquisition  to  all  those  who 
have  been  personally  connected  with  this  Seminary  in  the 
capacity  of  pupils,  and  that  it  will  revive  and  keep  alive 
many  fond  and  endeared  memories  of  youthful  j'-ears  spent 
beneath  the  hallowed  influences  of  Christian  nurture. 
Those,  too,  who  have  heretofore  superintended  the  Insti- 
tution and  taught  in  it,  will  no  doubt  greatly  enjoy  the 
numerous  reminiscences  which  are  here  called  up,  and, 
moreover,  be  enabled  to  transmit  to  their  posterity,  on 
the  pages  of  this  Souvenir,  a  true  and  proper  record  of 
their  life  and  experience  in  this  school.  And  those  who 
now  compose  the  Bethlehem  Seminary,  in  their  several 
capacities  of  principal,  teachers,  and  students,  when 
they  look  upon  the  ancient  landmarks  as  they  are  here- 
with placed  on  record  and  preserved,  and  when  they  behold 
how  the  Lord  has  hitherto  blessed  and  prospered  the 
peculiar  system  of  Christian  education  which  others  have 
devised  and  in  which  they  have  embarked,  will  feel 
greatly  encouraged  to  a  steadfast  and  consistent  perse- 


PREFACE.  ni 

verancc  in  this  liii^h  atul  holy  calling.  And  Khould  the 
infornuition  which  this  book  may  convey  to  the  Chrifltian 
pjihlic  coneernin<i^  Moravian  institutions  bo  calculated  to 
enlarge  their  sphere  of  usefulness,  there  will  be  additional 
cause  for  fervent  gratitude  to  Him  for  whose  cause  and 
glory  they  have  been  established. 

A  few  words  as  to  the  sources  from  which  the  autlior 
has  drawn  the  details  of  this  work. 

Whatever  relates  to  the  religious  labors  of  the  Moravian 
Brethren  in  this  country  has  been  derived  from  the  exten- 
sive antl  valuable  archives  of  the  Church  of  Bethlehem, 
this  place  having  been  from  the  first  the  central  point  of 
their  operations,  in  its  immediate  dependencies  through- 
out the  adjacent  country  and  among  various  Indian  tribes. 
These  documents  also  contain  much  information  bearing 
on  the  Female  Seminary  in  its  earlier  years,  which  is  no- 
where else  to  be  found.  A  large  mass  of  papers  has  also, 
during  the  lapse  of  almost  three-fourths  of  a  century, 
accumulated  in  the  school  itself,  consisting  of  the  cor- 
respondence of  former  principals,  copious  diaries  com- 
menced in  1788,  continuously  kept  for  several  years,  but 
of  late  fragmentary,  compositions,  in  prose  and  poetry, 
by  teachers  and  pupils,  such  as  dialogues  on  religious  and 
other  subjects,  essays,  &c. ;  and  also  specimens  of  penman- 
ship, drawings,  and  music,  all  of  which  were  carefully  in- 
spected by  the  writer  of  this  history,  and  have  proved  a 
valuable  means  of  enabling  him  to  give  not  merely  a 
bare  record  of  passing  events,  but  to  acquaint  the  reader, 
in  some  measure,  with  the  internal  development  of  the 
school,  and  also  with  home-life  within  its  precincts,  such 
as  it  was  in  each  successive  period. 

It  is  believed  that  the  catalogue  of  pupils  is  complete 


V»"  PREFACE. 

to  the  present  day.  For  the  large  amount  of  personal 
information  which  this  volume  contains,  the  author  is 
indebted  to  the  exertions  of  several  members  of  the  His- 
torical Society  of  Pennsylvania.  The  list  of  the  earlier 
teachers  has,  with  the  assistance  of  some  of  their  number 
who  still  survive,  been  correctly  arranged,  and,  it  is 
thought,  made  complete.  In  the  absence  of  a  proper 
record,  no  little  difficulty  was  encountered  in  this  parti- 
cular, and  some  uncertainty  may  yet  remain. 

In  conclusion,  it  is  proper  to  explain  that  the  present 
work  was  undertaken  by  its  author  at  the  special  request 
of  others.  At  a  complimentary  dinner  given  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  other  friends  of  the  Institution,  by 
the  principal  of  the  Bethlehem  Female  Seminary,  on  the 
completion  of  the  new  building  at  the  close  of  the  year 
1854,  the  conversation  turned  on  the  present  and  past 
condition  of  the  school,  and,  with  the  aid  of  one  of  its 
earliest  principals  who  was  of  the  company,  a  variety  of 
interesting  matter  in  its  history  was  brought  up  in  review. 
It  was  at  once  conceded  that  a  written  account  of  the 
past  sixtj^-nine  years  of  the  existence  of  this  widely-known 
Institution  would  prove  welcome  to  the  large  number  of 
its  surviving  pupils,  and  meet  with  the  favor  of  the 
public.  The  execution  of  this  labor  was  at  the  same 
time  proposed  to  the  author  of  this  volume.  He  hopes 
that  it  may  answer  its  intended  purpose,  and  confer  as 
much  pleasure  and  profit  in  its  perusal  as  it  has  upon 
the  writer  in  its  preparation.  This  object  gained,  the 
time  and  labor  spent  upon  it  will  be  to  him,  in  after- 
years,  but  another  pleasing  "Souvenir." 


ILLUSTllATIONS. 


PORTRAITS. 

Rev.  Andrew  Benade,  Rev.  Sylvester  Wolle, 

Henry  Steinhauer,       Mrs.  Andrew  Benade, 
Charles  F.  Seidel,       Father  Thomas. 

VIEWS. 

Of  the  First  Seminary  Building. 
Second  '• 

Present 
"  "      FROM  THE  Pleasure-Ground. 

Of  BethlehexM  in  1784. 
"         "     1856. 
Of  the  Pleasure-Grounds  from  Manokasy  Bridge. 
Lkhich  River  from  the  Island. 
"       Moravian  Church. 


I^ijthlchcm  ^ijminarn  ^ouienir. 


The  Church  of  the  United  Brethren,  commonly 
called  Moravians,  has  distinguished  herself  peculiarly 
in  the  work  of  missions  and  the  cause  of  education. 
In  the  former  she  engaged  with  a  heroism  unparalleled 
in  the  annals  of  modern  Christianity, — planting  the 
standard  of  the  cross  in  the  most  distant  and  inhos- 
pitable regions  of  the  globe.  The  negro  slave  of  the 
West  Indies,  the  Greenlander,  the  Indian,  the  Hot- 
tentot, the  nomad  of  Asiatic  Russia,  and  the  Coj)t  of 
Abyssinia,  arc  among  the  number  of  those  in  behalf 
of  whom,  and  for  the  sake  of  the  gospel,  the  intrepid 
Moravian  missionary  endured  voluntary  exile,  far  from 
the  refinements  of  civilizod  lifi^  and  the  delights  of 
family  and  home. 

While  employed  in  s])rcading  the  knowledge  of 
Christ  iiiid  revealing  the  glory  of  the  Lord  in  the 
habitations  of  spiritual  ignorance  and  moral  darkness, 
she  directed  her  attention,  in  an  especial  manner,  to 
the  cultivation  of  an  important  religious  field  at  home. 
This  was  the  educjition  of  children  and  youth, — !i 
work  to  which  the  Brethren,  as  a  Church,  have  devoted 

'>  17 


18  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

a  portion  of  their  time  and  means  now  for  more  than 
a  century. 

As  is  well  known  to  the  readers  of  their  history, 
the  mission  work  was  commenced  in  1732,  but  a  few 
years  after  the  organization  of  the  Moravian  exiles 
who  had  found  an  asylum  on  the  estates  of  Count 
Zinzendorf/  into  a  congregation  of  Christians,  with 
the  discipline  and  ritual  of  the  old  Bohemian  and 
Moravian  Church,  styling  themselves  the  United 
Brethren.  Coeval  with  this  renewal  of  the  ancient 
Church,  and  the  zealous  activity  of  its  members  in 
behalf  of  the  destitute  heathen,  was  the  interest 
manifested  in  the  cause  of  education.  Impressed 
with  the  importance  of  training  their  children  in  the 
way  of  the  Lord,  and  preparing  them  for  future 
activity  in  His  service,  the  Church  took  the  little 
ones  of  the  flock  into  her  especial  keeping.    In  accord- 


^  Lewis,  Count  Zinzendorf,  a  Saxon  nobleman  of  wealth,  talents, 
and  prominent  piety,  is  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by  the 
Church  of  the  Brethren,  as  having  been  the  instrument,  in  God's 
hands,  for  its  renewal  and  reorganization.  It  was  in  1722  that 
he  received  on  his  estate,  Berthelsdorf,  in  Upper  Lusatia,  a  com- 
pany of  Moravian  exiles,  descendants  of  followers  of  the  Reformer 
and  martyr  John  Huss,  who  had  left  their  homes  for  conscience' 
sake  June  17th  of  the  same  year,  and  Herrnhut,  the  seat  of  the  first 
congregation,  was  commenced.  As  the  ordinances  and  discipline 
of  the  old  Church  of  the  Moravian  and  Bohemian  Brethren  were 
here  retained,  and  thus  perpetuated,  the  present  Church  of  the 
Brethren  is  a  continuation  of  the  former,  and  as  such  the 
oldest  of  the  Protestant  Churches,  referring  to  the  1st  of  March, 
1457,  as  the  day  of  its  origin. 


DETIILEIIEM    SOUVKMIl.  l!» 

ancc  with  the  spirit  of  Iut  s<»(i;il  ropilRtiuiis,  she 
colloptcd  thcni  into  a  separate  body  or  class,  intrusted 
tliciu  111  llic  c'irr  of  jtioiis  superintendents,  jruidrd 
their  feeble  footsteps  to  the  house  of  God,  ;iii<l  tlicrc 
adapted  the  services  to  their  tender  understan<lings  and 
susceptible  hearts.  Tn  the  schools  they  were  instructed 
in  the  useful  branches  of  learninfr,  to  the  exclusion 
of  all  vain  and  frivolous  aecomplishnients.  Very 
high  literary  attainments  were  not  the  principal  object 
which  the  Brethren  li.id  in  view.  The  ;iini  of  tlicir 
educational  system  \v;is  less  Minbitious,  lint  n(»t  the 
less  noble.  It  was  to  develop  the  intellect  by  patient 
and  laborious  teaching,  to  discipline  the  mind  to  habits 
of  reflection  and  self-control,  to  render  knowledge  sub- 
servient to  usefulness  in  society,  and  the  religion  of 
the  heart  the  crown  of  all.  Living,  for  the  most  part. 
in  settlements  of  their  own,  where  the  regulation  of 
society  was  .at  their  disposal,  the  Brethren  were 
eminently  successful  in  training  their  youth  accord- 
ing to  the.  standard  of  excellence  which  they  had  jm*- 
posed.  These  advantages  soon  became  so  ap]>arent 
that  ere  long  application  was  made  to  the  Brethren 
by  many  persons  of  other  denominations,  for  the  re- 
ception of  children  into  their  schools. 

Repeated  requests  of  this  kind,  and  (he  hope  of  in- 
stilling lessons  of  piety  and  virtue  into  the  liearts  and 
minds  of  tho.se  who  at  a  future  day  would  control  the 
welfare  of  society,  induced  the  Brethren  to  open  board- 
ing-schools for  the   public  in   several   of  their   villages 


20  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

on  the  Continent  of  Europe,  in  England,  and  in  the 
United  States.  The  Church  has  always  kept  these 
institutions  under  her  own  charge,  and  has  committed 
their  supervision  to  ministers  of  the  gospel,  being 
desirous  to  inculcate  lessons  of  heavenly  wisdom 
upon  the  heart  whilst  storing  the  mind  with  know- 
ledge and  forming  habits  of  industry  and  order. 
The  existence  of  many  of  these  schools  for  more 
than  half  a  century,  and  the  constant  patronage 
which  they  have  enjoyed,  certainly  afford  some  evi- 
dence of  their  excellence,  and  especially  of  the  bless- 
ing of  God  which  has  attended  them, — this  work 
having  been  undertaken  in  his  name  and  for  his  sole 
glory. 

Bethlehem,  the  first  permanent  settlement  of  the 
Brethren  in  North  America,  was  commenced,  near  the 
close  of  1740,^  by  the  remnant  of  a  Moravian  colony 


^  On  the  22d  of  December,  1740,  a  party  of  Moravian  Brethren 
left  Nazareth  (where  they  had  been  engaged  since  April  in  building 
a  large  house  for  the  celebrated  George  Whitefield,  intended  by 
him  for  an  asylum  and  a  school  for  negroes)  and  commenced  fell- 
ing trees  on  the  spot  where  Bethlehem  now  stands.  Their  work 
was  commenced  amid  many  privations,  the  cold  being  intense,  and 
a  deep  snow  covering  the  ground.  A  small  log  house  was  com- 
pleted early  in  the  next  year,  and  such  preparations  as  the  winter 
season  would  allow  forthwith  made  for  the  erection  of  a  more  com- 
modious dwelling.  By  the  end  of  June,  1741,  the  timber  was  squared, 
and  on  the  28th  of  September  the  corner-stone  of  the  "  house  at 
the  Lehigh  in  the  Forks  of  the  Delaware"  was  laid  with  appro- 
priate solemnities.  David  Nitschman,  the  first  bishop  of  the  Re- 
newed Church  of  the  United  Brethren,  conducted  the  ceremonies, 


BET  II  1. 1:  U  K  M    SOU  V  K  N  1  K.  21 

whicli  had  boon  s«'iit  to  Geor<ri:i  in  tln'  sprintr  of  17.»'». 
It  was  originally  intended  as  a  central  point  for  the  con- 


in  the  presence  of  seventeen  Brethren  and  Sisters,  whono  namcn, 
inscribed  on  parchment,  were  deposited  in  the  stone  on  the  south- 
east corner  of  the  building. 

The  first  house  stood  until  the  autumn  of  1823,  when  it  was 
removed  to  make  room  for  the  st^iblinj,'  <»f  the  Eatrle  Hotel,  which 
was  opened,  about  that  time,  in  the  "old  stune  buildin<j."  A  num- 
ber of  the  sound  timbers  were  reserved  and  used  for  joists  in  the 
stabling.  In  184G  several  of  these  were  taken  out,  and  worked 
tip  into  canes,  boxes,  etc.,  which  found  ready  purchasers  among 
the  lovers  of  relics  from  the  olden  time.  A  faithful  sketch,  taken 
before  its  demolition,  furnished  Gruncwald,  the  Moravian  artist, 
matter  for  his  much-admired  little  painting  of  the  "  First  House  in 
Bethlehem."  The  second  house  is  still  standing:  it  is  the  west 
wing  of  the  old  row  in  Church  Street,  next  to  the  Moravian 
Church.  Its  dilapidated  condition  bespeaks  its  antiquity.  This  build- 
ing is  un(|uestionabIy  the  most  interesting  of  those  few  remain- 
ing memorials  of  the  past  that  have  come  down  to  us  after  the 
lapse  of  a  century.  Associated  as  it  is  with  the  first  labors  of  our 
forefathers  in  the  wilds  of  North  America,  it  is  invested  with  pecu- 
liar interest.  Here,  as  in  a  common  home,  lived  side  by  side  the 
artisan  and  the  man  of  leisure, — a  little  company  met  t(»gether 
from  the  various  walks  of  life,  self-denying  and  devoted  men, 
actuated  by  one  spirit,  and  that  the  spirit  of  mutual  love  and  love 
for  Christ.  Here  lived  for  a  number  of  years  the  elders  of  the  con- 
gregation, its  bishops  and  ministers.  Here  they  met  in  conference 
to  deliberate  on  the  condition  of  the  Lord's  work  in  their  midst, 
and  abroad  among  the  Indian  tribes.  Hither  came,  from  time  to 
time,  the  joyful  news  of  Ranch's  successes  among  the  Mohicans  at 
Shecomeko,  the  spread  of  the  gospel  eastward  among  the  VV'ampanoags 
of  Connecticut,  and  westward  through  Penn.sylvania,  and  beyond  it 
to  the  tributaries  of  the  Muskingum:  in  short,  the  whole  history 
of  the  Indian  mi.ssion,  .so  strangely  checkered  with  light  and  shade, 
with  alternating  prosperity  and  reverses,  quiet  and  persecution,  is 
associated  with  those  time-honored  walls.  They  have  echoed  to 
the  voice  of  Zinzendorf,  and  for  tifteen  years  were  the  home  of 


22  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

trol  of  the  newly-organized  mission  among  the  Mohican 
and  Delaware  Indians,  affording  a  place  of  rendezvous 


that  great  and  good  man,  the  worthy  Bishop  Spangenherg.  In  the 
little  hall  on  the  second  floor,  the  place  of  worship  for  the  congregation 
as  late  as  1751,  Spangenherg  presided  on  two  occasions  at  inter- 
views with  deputations  from  the  rude  tribes  of  Wyoming  Val- 
ley. Nanticokes  and  Shawanoes,  dressed  in  all  their  savage  finery 
of  feathers  and  painted  deerskin,  had  come  to  see  the  home  of  the 
intrepid  missionary  whose  lonely  canoe  they  had  encountered  on 
the  upper  waters  of  the  Susquehanna,  to  smoke  the  friendly, 
pipe  and  assure  him  of  their  good-will  in  a  covenant  of  peace  and 
mutual  friendship.  Here  also  were  welcomed  the  deputies  from 
the  mother-Church  in  Germany,  when  they  came  on  visitations  to 
advise  and  consult  in  reference  to  the  interests  of  the  American 
daughter,  to  encourage  the  faint-hearted,  to  adjust  matters  of  dif- 
ference, to  commend  the  faithful,  and  knit  more  closely  that  tie  of 
brotherly  love  which  cements  the  Moravians  from  the  four  quarters 
of  the  globe  into  a  family  of  brethren. 

Conspicuous  for  activity  and  great  powers  of  endurance,  qualities 
so  essential  to  the  pioneer  who  would  successfully  cope  with  the  hard- 
ships incident  to  making  a  settlement  in  a  wild  forest-region,  was 
David  Nitschman,  familiarly  called  Father  Nitschnian,  to  dis- 
tinguish him  from  the  bishop.  His  efficient  services  in  building 
up  Bethlehem — more  especially  those  rendered  in  the  first  ten  years, 
during  which  interval  the  "old  row"  of  massive  masonry  around 
the  little  square  east  of  the  Moravian  church  was  nearly  completed — 
won  for  him,  among  his  associates,  the  title  of  the  Founder  of  Beth- 
lehem.    On  his  tombstone  is  inscribed  the  following  record  : — 

"  David   Nitschman, 
"  Founder  of   Bethlehem, — who  felled  the  first  tree  to  build  the 

first  house. 
Born  Sept.  18th,  1676,  in  Moravia. 
Died  April  14th,  1758. 
This,  the  second  memorial,  was  erected  June,  1853." 

A  portrait  of  this  worthy,  who  was  the   first  custodian  of  the 


15  KTHLEIIKM    SOUVENIR.  23 

lor  th(^  inissioriiiries,  jiikI  .-hi  ;isylimi  for  smli  oC  tlicir 
number  as  wore  disabled  or  infirin.  Tbis  imftortaiit 
position  it  bcltl  for  ujiwanls  of  twenty  years.  In  I  7  TJ. 
on  tbc  arrival  of  the  first*  of  a  series  of  colonists  from 


Unity's  lands  in  North  America,  is  preserved  in  tlic  ofBco  of  it>» 
Agency  at  IJothloheni. 

'  It  consisted  of  fifteen  married  couples,  five  widowers,  and 
twenty-two  young  men.  On  the  latter  it  was  expected  the  labor 
and  hardships  incident  to  a  scttltMiicnt  in  a  new  country  would 
chiefly  fall.  Brother  Peter  Buclilor  led  this  first  important  colony 
to  Pennsylvania.  Among  the  number  were  several  who  afterwards 
became  conspicuous  as  ministers  and  missionaries,  aj.  Nathaniel 
Seidcl,  Gottlieb  Bczold,  Frederick  Post,  David  Bishop,  and  Jo.«cph 
Shaw.  There  were  P^nglish  as  well  as  German  Brethren  in  the 
company.  The  vessel  in  which  they  sailed — the  snow  "Catharine," 
Captain  Gladman — had  been  especially  purchased  and  etjuippcd  for 
the  voyage. 

Constant  intercourse  between  the  Brethren  in  Europe  and 
America,  and  the  frequent  transportation  of  colonists,  rendered  it 
expedient  for  the  Church  to  have  a  vessel  at  her  control.  Accord- 
ingly, in  1743,  the  "Little  Strength"  was  bought  at  London,  and 
fitted  out  for  sea.  She  was  succeeded  by  the  snow  "  Irene," 
built  at  New  York  in  1748.  Nicholas  Garrison,  a  Staten-Tslander. 
who  had  become  acquainted  with  the  Brethren,  (having  repeatedly 
carried  their  missionaries  in  his  ship  from  the  AVest  Indies  to 
New  York,)  and  who  joined  their  society  in  1743,  rendered  the 
Church  of  his  adoption  effectual  service,  as  an  experienced  .sea- 
captain,  for  the  space  of  thirteen  years.  He  took  coinniand  of 
the  "  Little  Strength,"  and  afterwards  of  the  "Irene,"  which  latter 
he  navigated  until  1756.  A  book  of  sailing-directions  used  on 
board  the  Irene,  kept  in  Low  Dutch,  is  yet  preserved  in  the 
archives  of  the  Church  at  lifthlehcni. 

November  20,  1757,  the  Irene,  now  under  Cnptain  Jncobson,  cleared  Sandy 
Hook  for  the  la.«*t  time,  for  when  ten  days  out  nlie  was  taken  by  a  French  pri- 
vateer. The  hitter,  with  her  prize.  nia<le  for  t'upe  Hreton ;  but  owing  to  the 
French  captain's  ignorance  of   the   coast,  on  the   I'Jth  of  January,    176S. 


24  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Germany,  it  became  the  seat  of  a  congregation,  organ- 
ized, after  the  model  of  those  in  Europe,  by  Count 
Zinzendorf,  at  that  time  on  a  visit  to  this  country. 
A  prominent  featui'e  in  this  organization  was  the 
disposition  of  the  sexes  and  various  conditions  in 
life  into  classes  or  "choirs,"  who  resided  in  separate 
houses,  and  each  in  charge  of  a  spiritual  adviser  se- 
lected from  its  number.  The  promotion  of  personal 
religion  was  the  object  of  this  regulation,  as  well  as 
that  of  other  social  peculiarities,  all  of  which  could 
easily  exist  in  exclusive  communities,  as  were  those 
of  the  Brethren.  Until  1762  it  was  the  centre  of  a 
communistic  association,  in  which  the  Brethren  of 
Pennsylvania  were  united  for  the  furtherance  of  the 
rehgious  work  in  which  they  had  engaged.  To  enable 
them  to  maintain  their  missionaries  among  the  Indians, 
their  itinerant  preachers,  and  schools  in  destitute 
neighborhoods,  as  well  as  the  ministers  of  the  gospel 


in  a  dense  fog,  the  Irene  struck  the  rocks  and  went  down,  her  crew  barely 
escaping  with  their  lives. 

Snow. — A  vessel  equipped  with  two  masts,  resembling  the  main  and 
fore  masts  of  a  ship,  and  a  third  small  mast  just  abaft  the  mainmast, 
carrying  a  try-sail.  Webster. 

On  shipboard  tte  colonists,  sometimes  exceeding  a  hundred, 
were  wont  to  attend  to  the  daily  religious  services,  at  that  time 
customary  with  the  Brethren.  As  weeks  and  months  were  not  un- 
frequently  consumed  on  the  voyage,  they  were  organized  after  the 
manner  of  the  congregations  generally,  and  with  a  similar  dis- 
position of  spiritual  advisers  and  offices.  Hence  the  name  "Ocean- 
Church"  (See-Gemeine)  so  appropriately  given  these  immigrating 
colonies. 


iu:tii  I,  i:ii  KM  souvenir.  2i 

at  homo,  a  comniuiiism  of  lalxir  was  adoptrvl,  in  whidi 
all  who  participated  did  so  voliiiit.niis .  aiid  with  the 
expectation  of  receiving-  in  return  only  tin-  necessaries 
of  life  and  tin;  comforts  of  home.  It  was  a  system 
admirably  adapted  to  tlicir  wants,  living  as  they  did 
in  secluded  villages  and  districts  in  a  thinly-settled 
country,  where  they  were  to  look  alone  to  them- 
selves for  su})port.  The  prosperity'  of  their  settle- 
ments and  missions  in  this  period  is  in  a  great  measure 
to  be  ascribed  to  that  harmony  of  action  which  re- 
sulted from  sncli  mutual  dependence,  and  the  sacrifice 
of  individual  interest  for  the  common  w^elfare. 

But  the  peaceful  quiet  of  tliis  well-ordered  house- 
hold was  not  of  unbroken  continuance.  From  their 
secluded  retirement  the  Brethren  were  several  times 
drawn  into  the  commotions  which  agitated  the  liolit- 
ical  world  without.  Such  was  the  case  during  the 
French  and  Indian  wars,  and  that  of  tlie  Ann'iiean 
Revoluti(»n.       In    the    former    their    relation    to    the 


'  From  their  abundance  they  were  even  enabled  to  supply  the 
wants  of  a  fainiuc-strickcn  neighborhood  in  June  of  1754,  when  the 
scareity  of  bread  brought  persons  from  their  homes,  fifteen  and 
twenty  miles  distant,  to  IJetlilehem,  to  draw  on  the  Moravian 
granaries  and  mills  in  the  "  Forks."  "  It  wa«;  not  unusual,"  writes 
an  eye-witness,  *'  to  see  ten  and  twenty  persons  daily,  on  honw- 
back  or  afoot,  coming  in  to  buy  bread  and  flour,  or  leaving  the 
settlement  with  loaves  from  the  bakery."  Spangenbcrg,  on  this 
occasion,  remarking  on  the  evident  blessings  of  God  on  their  com- 
muni.<;m  of  labor,  observed  that  ton  years  ago  they  had  been 
compelled  to  buy  the  supply  of  grain  for  the  use  of  their  harvesters, 
sixty  miles  distant,  at  Tulpehocken, — and  this  with  borrowed  money. 


26  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Indians  rendered  their  position  peculiarly  embarrass- 
ing, subjecting  them  to  the  suspicions  of  both  belli- 
gerent parties,  harassing  them  in  their  missions,  en- 
dangering their  lives,  and  on  one  occasion  nigh  causing 
the  destruction  of  all  their  settlements  in  the  country. 
While  refraining  from  actual  participation  in  the  War 
of  Independence,  steadfastly  contending  for  the  free 
exercise  of  conscience  in  the  matter  of  rendering 
military  service,  they  cheerfully  bore  their  share  of 
the  common  burden  in  the  payment  of  moneys,  in  fur- 
nishing supplies,  and  in  converting  their  large  houses 
into  hospitals  for  the  wounded  of  the  army.  These 
distresses  and  trials  the  Brethren  bore  with  great  Chris- 
tian composure,  and  with  unshaken  confidence  in  the 
wisdom  and  mercy  of  Providence.  To  God  they  confided 
their  cause,  and  he  rewarded  their  faith.  Brought  into 
closer  connection  with  their  neighbors,  with  men  of 
influence,  and  with  the  public  generally,  by  the  events 
of  those  boisterous  times,  an  opportunity  was  afforded 
their  enemies  of  becoming  better  acquainted  with  the 
Brethren  and  their  social  and  religious  system.  Much 
error  and  prejudice  were  thus  dispelled.  They  were 
visited  at  their  homes,  on  their  farms,  and  in  their 
churches  and  schools.  The  neatness  and  order  preva- 
lent in  their  unique  settlements,  the  indication  of  gene- 
ral thrift,  the  absence  of  squalid  poA^erty  and  extrava- 
gant wealth,  bespoke  a  people  who  had  been  reared  to 
habits  of  industry  and  honest  labor ;  and  the  simplicity 
and  touching  impressiveness  of  their  religious  services, 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  27 

the  care  bestowed  on  the  young,  the  relief  of  the  indi- 
gent, of  the  orphan  and  widow, — these  were  pecidiari- 
ties  which  came  to  be  viewed  as  enviable  means  for 
promoting  the  prosperity  of  a  community  and  leading 
its  members  in  the  ways  of  virtue  and  piety.  Thus 
the  Brethren,  by  patience  and  forbearance,  by  public 
services,  and  by  steadfastness  in  the  paths  of  rectitude, 
made  friends  of  their  enemies,  and,  from  ha^dng  been 
a  despised^  and  persecuted  people,  were  selected  as  the 
worthy  recipients  of  an  important  charge,  and  intrusted 
with  the  welfare  of  society,  in  as  far  as  it  was  for  them 
to  mould  the  character  and  principles  of  some  whose 
influence  at  a  future  day  would  be  exerted  in  fashioning 
it  for  good  or  evil. 

A  desire  to  intrust  their  children  to  the  Brethren  for 
education  had  been  expressed  on  the  part  of  parents 
of  other  denominations  soon  after  the  former  first 
settled  in  Pennsylvania.  Their  peculiar  organization, 
however,  at  that  early  time,  prevented  them  from 
gratifying  this  wish.  Such  applications  recurring  from 
time  to  time,  tlie   Synod^  of  1782  was  apprized  of  this 


^  See  O'Callaghan's  Documentary  History  of  Xew  York,  Albany, 
1850,  Vol.  III.  p.  10,  12,  et  seq.  for  papers  relative  to  the  suffer- 
ings and  persecutions  of  the  Moravians  in  Duchess  county. 

^  The  General  Synods  of  the  Brethren's  Church  are  convened  by 
the  Unity  Elders'  Conference  at  the  time  appointed  by  the  previous 
Synod,  or  subsequently  by  that  directing  Board.  They  usually  recur 
after  an  interval  of  ten  years,  and  are  held  at  Herrnhut,  in  Saxony, 
the  mother-congregation.  Here  the  servants  and  deputies  of  the 
Brethren's  Unity  assemble  from  its  American,  British,  and  German 


28  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.. 

call  from  the  public,  and  requested  to  consider  the  ex- 
pediency of  opening  boarding-schools  in  several  of  the 
American  congregations,  on  the  plan  of  those  which 
had  already  been  for  some  time  in  successful  operation 
on  the  continent  of  Europe.  The  project  was  favor- 
ably entertained  by  the  Synod,  and  its  development 
referred  to  Bishop  John  de  Watteville,  who  had  been 
deputed  by  his  colleagues  of  the  Unity  Elders'  Con- 
ference^ to  hold  a  visitation  in  the  American  congrega- 
tions,— a  measm-e  urgently  called  for  by  the  exigencies 
of  the  times. 

Watteville  visited   Bethlehem   in  June,  1784,^  and 


provinces,  to  legislate  about  its  general  concerns  and  assume  its 
direction  for  the  time. 

^  This  name  is  borne  by  the  Executive  and  Supervisory  Board 
of  the  Church,  the  body  empowered  to  inspect  and  govern  its  affairs 
in  the  interval  between  two  Synods.  It  is  divided  into  three  de- 
partments,— viz. :  1.  The  Helpers'  and  Education  Department,  which 
is  expected  to  watch  over  the  spiritual  course  of  the  congregation 
in  doctrine  and  practice,  and  over  the  educational  institutions.  2. 
The  Wardens'  Department,  to  which  the  financial  concerns  of  the 
Unity  are  committed.  3.  The  Mission  Department,  to  which  the 
superintendence  and  management  of  the  missionary  work  are  in- 
trusted. There  are  three  incumbents  in  the  first  and  second  de- 
partments of  the  Board,  and  four  in  the  third,  all  of  whom  are 
elected  by  the  General  Synods  when  in  session.  The  old  manor- 
house  of  Berthelsdorf,  near  Herrnhut,  is  the  fixed  residence  of  the 
members  of  this  Board. 

^  The  bishop  had  sailed  from  the  Texel  in  the  Dutch  ship  Neu- 
trality, on  the  27th  of  September,  1783.  The  voyage  was  adverse, 
the  vessel  having  to  contend  with  gales  and  head-winds  for  upwards 
of  three  months,  and,  after  seven  ineffectual  attempts  to  enter  Sandy 
Hook,  was    compelled  to  make    for  the   West  Indies,   where    she 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  29 

spent  three  years  in  the  duties  of  his  commission, 
effecting  in  that  interval  much  in  the  way  of  restoring 
order  and  unity  of  action  in  the  Brethren's  affairs, 
which  had  been  so  materially  deranged  during  the  pre- 
vious eight  years  of  war. 

In  a  conference  held  by  the  bishop  with  the  pastors 
of  Bethlehem  and  Nazareth/  at  the  latter  place,  on 
the  2d  and  3d  of  March,  1785,  the  subject  of  educa- 
tion being  under  consideration,  it  was  concluded  "to 
formally  open  a  boarding-school  for  boys  at  Nazareth 
Hall,  and  a  similar  institution  for  girls  at  Bethlehem,  on 
Michaelmas  next." 

As  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Moravian  parents  were 
also  to  enter  the  newly-planned  schools,  it  was  found 
expedient  to  abolish  the  asylums  in  which,  up  to  this 
time,  they  had  not  only  been  instructed  but  also  sup- 
plied with  the  necessaries  of  life  and  a  home.  A 
school  for  girls  was  first  opened  in  Bethlehem  on  the 
5th  of  January,  1749,  with  sixteen  scholars,  in  the 
central  building  of  the  old  row  directly  east  of  the 
Moravian  church.^     Here  the  daughters  of  missionaries, 

stranded  on  the  island  of  Barbuda.  The  Philadelphia  papers  of 
February  13,  1784,  notice  this  marine  disaster.  On  the  29th  of 
May  Watte ville  arrived  at  thfit  port. 

^  Nazareth — a  settlement  of  the  Brethren  ten  miles  north  of 
Bethlehem — became  the  seat  of  a  congregation  in  1744. 

'  Whoever  has  visited  Bethlehem  must  have  been  struck  with  the 
unique  appearance  of  this  venerable  pile,  built  in  a  style  of  archi- 
tecture so  different  from  what  is  met  with  in  this  country,  even  in 
settlements  which  have  their  origin  more  remotely  in  the  past  than 
Bethlehem.     The  hip-roofs  and  double  rows  of  dormer-windows,  the 


30  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

of  iiiinisters  of  the  gospel,  and  of  Brethren  of  other 
settlements,  were  received  from  time  to  time,  forming 
a  distinct  household  in  the  community,  which  was  ex- 
pected to  defray  its  expenses  by  contributions  from  the 
Church  and  individuals  and  by  the  practice  of  prudent 
economy.     Such  was  one  of  the  social  regulations  of 
that  day.     On  the  2d  of  October,  1785,  this  institute 
was  closed,  and  arrangements  made  in  the  house  to  re- 
massive  masonry  supported  by  heavy  buttresses,  and  the  curiously- 
wrought  belfry  capping  the  centre,  are  so  many  features  borrowed 
from  the  manor-houses  and  churches  of  our  forefathers'  European 
homes.     This  compact  assemblage  of  buildings  constituted  in  itself, 
for  a  number  of  years,  the  entire  settlement,  for  in  it  lived  all  the 
divisions  of  the .  congregation.     Of  the  log  building  at  the  west 
end  mention  has  already  been  made.     The  wing  next  in  order  was 
completed  in  1751, — its  upper  floor  constituting  the  public  place  of 
worship,  (consecrated  July  10th  of  the  same  year,)  and  the  lower  a 
common  refectory.     The  centre  was  built  as  early  as  1743 :  it  con- 
tained a  kitchen  below,  and  dwelling-rooms  above.     The  portion  to 
the  right,  which  forms  the  third  side  of  the  square,  was  built  at  dif- 
ferent times, — a  part  in  1744,  a  part  in  1752.     The  latter  stands 
on  the  corner  of  the  square,  and  was  originally  intended  for  the 
voung  men,  or  "single  brethren."     The  extreme  east  wing  dates 
back  as  late  as  1773.     On  the  removal  of  the  single  brethren  in 
1748  to  their  new  choir-house,  (the  present  old  school-building,)  the 
entire  eastern  portion  of  the  edifice  was  assigned  to  the  young  women, 
or  ''single  sisters."     The  erection  of  such  spacious  houses  in  a  new 
country  naturally  led  to  strange  and  erroneous  surmises  on  the  part 
of  persons  who  were  unacquainted  with  the  regulations  upheld  by 
the  Brethren.     The  calumnious  assertions  that  they  were  "Papists 
in  disguise"  were  corroborated  in  the  minds  of  many  who,  through 
ignorance,  recognised  in  these  houses  veritable  representatives  of 
monasteries  and  nunneries.     In  our  own  enlightened  day  there  are 
such  to  be  found,  whose  imperfect  acquaintance  with  both  the  Church 
of  the  United  Brethren  and  that  of  Rome  leaves  them  unable  to 
discriminate  between  the  usages,  customs,  and  spirit  of  the  two. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  31 

^ 

ceive  pupils  from  abroad.  The  five  remaining  inmates,^ 
and  fifteen  day-scholars  from  the  village,  were  placed 
in  charge  of  the  three  Sisters,  Sulamith  Nyberg,  Susan 
Langaard,  and  Maria  Elizabeth  Beroth.^  The  room  in 
the  southwest  corner  of  the  second  floor  was  assigned 
them  for  a  dwelling  and  for  recitations.  The  dining- 
room  was  on  the  first  floor,  and  the  dormitory  in  the 
attic.  Meals  were  furnished  the  boarders  from  the 
Widows'  House^  kitchen,  and  the  general  superinten- 
dence of  the  premises  was  given  to  Brother  and  Sister 
Peter,  an  aged  couple,  retired  from  the  missionary  ser- 
vice among  the  Indians. 

Brother  John  Andrew  Hubener,  the  pastor  of  the 
congregation,  was  intrusted  with  the  control  and  in- 
spection of  the  school*  thus  newly  organized.  He  oc- 
cupied apartments  under  the  same  roof,  in  the  west 


'  These  were  the  Misses  Anna  and  Maria  Unger,  Susan  Bage, 
Rosina  Friedman,  and  Maria  Heckewelder.  All  of  these  continued 
at  school  after  the  reception  of  pupils  from  other  places.  The  last- 
named  is  the  sole  survivor  of  these  first  inmates  of  the  Bethlehem 
boarding-school.  Miss  Heckewelder  is  a  daughter  of  the  celebrated 
missionary  among  the  Indians,  and  is  the  first  white  child  born  in 
the  State  of  Ohio.     She  resided  in  the  Sisters'  House. 

2  Miss  Beroth  entered  the  girls'  institute  in  April,  1755. 

*  The  "Widows'  House,"  as  its  name  imports,  was  built  to  ac- 
commodate the  widows  of  the  congregation.  Here  they  found  all 
the  comforts  of  a  retired  home,— living  in  apartments  provided  by 
the  Church  at  rates  proportioned  to  their  means,  and  at  the  same 
time  enjoying  the  conveniences  usually  to  be  had  in  all  well-regulated 
asylums  of  a  similar  character.  The  house  was  completed  in  1768. 
In  1794  an  addition  was  made  to  the  east  end. 

*  The  educational  institutions  belonging  to  the  Church  are  in- 


32  BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR. 

wing  of  the  building,  where  at  that  time  the  bishop 
and  his  colleagues  resided.  In  their  quiet  way  the 
Brethren  acquainted  the  public,  through  their  friends, 
of  the  arrangements  just  completed  for  the  reception  of 
young  ladies  for  education.  Some  time,  however, 
elapsed  before  it  received  a  response.  In  March  of 
the  following  year,  1786,  Mr.  Israel  Bedell,  of  Staten 
Island,  N.Y.,  made  personal  application  for  the  admission 
of  his  daughter  Elizabeth,  and  on  the  21st  of  May  she 
arrived,  being  the  first  pupil  from  abroad.  Almost 
another  year  had  elapsed,  when,  on  the  16th  of  May, 
1787,  Miss  Aurelia  Blakely,  of  Baltimore,  came,  and  was 
followed  shortly  afterwards  by  five  young  ladies  from 
the  same  city  and  three  from  the  West  Indies.  At  the 
close  of  the  year  the  number  of  boarders  was  seventeen, 
and  it  was  soon  found  necessary  to  engage  the  services 
of  a  fourth  tutoress. 

The  discipline  usually  observed  in  families  for  the 
promotion  of  order  and  the  mutual  comfort  of  its  in- 
mates proved  sufficient  for  the  government  of  this  little 
household;  but,  as  its  numbers  increased,  it  became 
necessary  to  systematize  it.  In  October,  1788,  the 
subjoined  written  statutes  were  accordingly  adopted. 
They  are  the  earliest  on  record,  and  in  a  plain  way 
define  the    duties  of  pupils   in   the    school-room  and 


trusted  to  a  Board  of  Trustees,  elected  by  the  Synod  of  the  Pro- 
vince to  which  they  belong.  The  principal,  whom  they  select  and 
appoint,  is  their  agent,  and,  as  such,  responsible  to  them. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  33 

when  abroad,  disposing  of  their  time  for  labor  and  recrear 
tion,  and  suggesting  hints  for  correct  individual  de- 
portment. In  effect,  they  are  the  same  which  at  pre- 
sent obtain,  and  may  be  regarded  as  an  exposition  of 
the  principles  which  the  Brethren  have  laid  down  for 
the  management  of  their  educational  institutions,  and 
to  which  they  have  adhered  for  more  than  three-quar- 
ters of  a  century. 

"  For  the  maintenance  of  order  in  schools  conducted 
similarly  to  ours,  it  is  indispensable  to  adopt  definite 
rules  and  regulations,  the  observance  of  which  con- 
duces to  the  happiness  and  comfort  of  individuals  and 
the  community.  If  ever  our  school  is  to  prove  bene- 
ficial to  its  members,  and  through  them  to  society, 
our  daughters  must  endeavor  to  comply  cheerfully  and 
at  all  times  with  these  few  and  wholesome  require- 
ments, as  such  compliance  will  lead  to  habits  of  order 
a.nd  general  proper  deportment. 

"When  the  bell  rings  at  half-past  five  in  the  morning, 
all  are  expected  to  rise  immediately,  and  in  silence 
await  the  word,  from  the  tutoress  who  has  them  in 
charge  for  the  day,  to  proceed  to  the  dwelling-rooms, 
where  sufficient  time  is  allowed  for  making  the  neces- 
sary toilet. 

"At  six  o'clock  the  bell  rings  for  breakfast.  Quiet 
and  strict  order  should  be  observed  in  going  to  and 
returning  from  the  dining-hall  in  company  with  the 
sister  who  is  on  duty.  At  table  a  hymn  is  sung,  and 
the  text  for  the  day  then  read ;  and  it  is  expected  that 


34  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

you  all  join,  with  cheerful  hearts  and  voices,  in  thus 
praising  your  Lord,  both  before  and  after  meals. 

"As  we  have  no  servants  to  wait  on  our  children,  and 
we  deem  it  well  for  young  persons  to  learn  to  wait  on 
themselves,  one  of  our  daughters  from  each  room  is 
appointed  daily  to  sweep  the  room,  dust  the  tables, 
and  see  to  the  proper  disposition  of  the  desks  and 
chairs.  After  breakfast,  each  pupil  attends  in  person 
to  making  her  bed,  and  the  different  companies  repair 
to  their  respective  dormitories  in  company  with  their 
tutoresses. 

"At  eight  o'clock  the  bell  rings  for  school,  and  it  is 
expected  that  the  pupils  have  in  readiness  betimes 
what  they  need  for  recitation,  —  that  they  repair 
quietly  to  their  classes,  take  their  allotted  seats,  and, 
rather  than  indulge  in  noise  and  idle  talk,  silently  im- 
plore God's  blessing  and  aid,  so  that  they  may  engage 
with  pleasure  and  profit  in  the  duties  before  them.  A 
proper  and  erect  posture,  as  highly  conducive  to  health, 
should  be  carefully  observed  when  seated  at  the  desk 
or  otherwise  occupied. 

"When  the  bell  summons  to  children's  meeting,  our 
daughters  should  repair  in  silence  to  the  chapel,  two 
and  two,  in  their  respective  divisions,  attended  by  their 
tutoresses.  No  child  is  at  liberty  to  excuse  herself 
from  attendance  on  this  service.  It  would  be  a  sad 
thing  indeed  if  any  of  your  number  would  not  cheer- 
fully devote  a  short  half-hour  to  the  praise  and  worship 
of  her  Redeemer.     It  is  almost  needless  to  add  that 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  36 

boisterous  deportment  in  returning  from  the  house  of 
God  is  also  highly  improper, 

"  In  going  to  dinner,  at  a  quarter  of  twelve,  due  order 
is  likewise  to  be  observed.  At  table,  every  thing 
should  be  done  with  decorum.  If  there  is  any  thing 
needed,  let  one  at  a  time  make  known  her  wants; 
otherwise,  those  of  your  number  who  serve  at  table 
will  be  needlessly  disturbed.  It  is  unbecoming  in 
young  misses  at  boarding-school  to  murmur  at  the 
food  that  is  set  before  them,  and  to  treat  the  gifts  of 
God  with  disrespect.  Whatever  is  not  agreeable,  let 
it  remain  untouched,  without  expression  of  dissatisfac- 
tion. Avoid  all  improper  attitudes,  such  as  leaning 
on  your  elbows,  and  the  like:  such  deportment  is 
indecorous,  and  inexcusable  in  well-bred  children. 

"The  time  after  dinner  till  one  o'clock  is  allotted 
you  for  amusement  and  recreation.  Whatever  is 
needed  for  the  afternoon-classes  should  be  got  in  readi- 
ness in  this  interval.  Access  is  also  allowed  you  to 
your  trunks  in  the  garret. 

"  The  hours  from  one  to  four  are  for  recitations  and 
classes,  which  you  are  expected  to  attend  punctually, 
confining  yourselves  as  much  as  possible  to  your  re- 
spective rooms,  and  avoiding  needless  walking  and 
visiting  to  and  fro  in  the  house.  After  school,  your 
tutoresses  will  always  do  you  the  pleasure  of  accom- 
panying you  to  walk,  on  which  occasion  you  should 
leave  the  premises  quietly,  and,  while  in  the  streets, 
manifest,  by  your  whole  deportment,  respect  for  the 


36  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

quiet  of  the  place,  whereby  you  will  win  the  esteem 
of  the  residents  and  do  credit  to  those  who  are  con- 
cerned in  your  training. 

"And,  finally,  I  hope  all  our  daughters  regularly  en- 
gage in  evening  devotions  before  retiring  for  the  day, 
and,  after  these,  in  composed  and  serious  frame  of 
mind,  commit  themselves  to  the  safe-keeping  of  God." 

These  rules  were  communicated  by  the  Principal  to 
the  assembled  school  semi-annually,  and  their  use  and 
import  fully  explained. 

A  few  words  are  proper  here  in  reference  to  the 
three  points  embraced  in  the  mode  of  education,  allu- 
sions to  which  are  made  in  the  preceding  transcript. 
The  cultivation  of  the  mental  powers,  the  forming  of 
correct  habits,  and  instruction  in  religion,  were  regarded 
as  constituting  the  aim  of  true  education ;  and,  to  attain 
these  ends,  arrangements  were  made  which,  in  a  pecu- 
liar way,  characterized  this  and  all  other  of  the  Breth- 
ren's schools.  The  Principal  instructed  the  pupils  in 
the  important  truths  of  Christianity, — one  hour  in  the 
week  being  devoted  to  the  so-called  "Bible  Instruc- 
tion," or  lessons  in  the  Catechism.  In  addition,  the 
school  assembled  in  the  chapel  belonging  to  the  con- 
gregation, during  one  of  the  morning  hours,  when  a 
short  discourse  was  held  by  the  Princijial  or  some 
other  minister  of  the  place, — a  simple  exposition  of 
a  gospel-narrative,  or  the  recital  of  incidents  in  the 
lives  of  worthy  men  and  children  of  God,  such  as  are 
calculated  to  interest  the  youthful  mind  and  impress 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  37 

the  heart  with  the  excellencies  of  virtue  and  piety  and 
the  certainty  of  their  reward.  On  the  tutoresses 
mainly  devolved  the  moral  education  of  their  charge. 
They  were  expected  to  take  the  parents'  place,  to 
exercise  a  prudent  watchfulness,  to  teach  by  example 
as  well  as  by  precept,  and  cheerfully  to  sacrifice  indi- 
vidual comfort  and  inclination,  if  thereby  the  Avelfaro 
of  their  pupils  could  in  any  way  be  promoted.  Two 
of  their  number  shared  the  labor  of  these  arduous 
duties  in  each  room-company,  alternately  spending  the 
day  with  its  members,  from  early  morning  until  re- 
tiring to  rest, — in  the  interval  between  recitations  ex- 
ercising a  constant  surveillance  in  the  house  and  also 
when  abroad.  This  feature  in  the  Brethren's  schools, 
while  it  won  the  confidence  of  parents,  impressed  the 
Brethren  with  a  deep  sense  of  the  responsibility  which 
rested  on  them,  and  with  the  need  of  self-denial  and 
divine  aid  on  the  part  of  those  who  were  engaged  in 
this  important  calling.  The  duties  of  the  latter  were 
looked  upon  as  being  of  a  strictly  religious  character, 
and  the  services,  thus  faithfully  performed,  as  service 
rendered  unto  the  Lord. 

The  tuition  in  the  early  period  of  these  schools  was 
confined  to  the  ordinary  branches  of  an  English  educa- 
tion, and  included  reading,  writing,  arithmetic,  gram- 
mar, geography,  history,  astronomy,  and  plain  sewing. 
The  German  was  necessarily  an  additional  branch,  as 
it  was  the  native  language  of  their  tutoresses  and 
spoken  almost  exclusively  in  the  village.     Of  this  Ian- 


Ob  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

guage  the  majority  of  pupils  acquii'ed  a  useful  know- 
ledge during  their  stay  at  Bethlehem.  In  February, 
1787,  lessons  on  the  spinet^  were  first  given.  Miss 
Bedell  was  for  some  time  the  only  scholar :  gradually 
others  followed,  and  soon  a  number  turned  their  atten- 
tion to  the  acquirement  of  this  pleasant  female  accom- 
plishment. Tambour  and  fine  needle  work  were  intro- 
duced in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  For  these  the 
especial  services  of  a  Sister  from  the  "  Sisters'  House" 
adjoining  were  engaged,  many  of  the  inmates  of  that 
House  being  expert  with  the  needle  in  the  various 
modes  of  curious  embroidery.^ 


^  Some  of  these  instruments  are  yet  in  existence,  and  are  objects 
of  no  little  interest  to  the  curious.  Contrasting,  as  they  do,  in 
size,  stinicture,  and  tone,  with  the  modern  piano-forte,  they  furnish 
a  notable  instance  of  the  progress  of  a  mechanical  art  which,  by 
its  ingenuity,  has  contributed  so  largely  to  the  enjoyment  of  a  most 
refined  pleasure.  The  first  spinet  used  in  Bethlehem  arrived  from 
London  in  January,  1744. 

^  Not  only  were  the  ornamental  branches  of  female  industry  fol- 
lowed by  the  Sisters  in  their  house,  but  also  the  more  useful  ones, 
such  as  spinning,  knitting,  and  weaving.  Historical  reminiscences 
cling  to  the  unassuming  labors  at  which  they  wrought  for  an  honest 
and  independent  livelihood.  Washington,  we  are  told,  supplied 
himself  with  domestic  goods  from  "the  first  domestic  manufactories 
of  the  land,"  as  he  was  wont  to  style  the  weaving-department  con- 
ducted in  the  Sisters'  House.  Here  he  made  a  selection  of  "blue 
stripes"  for  his  lady  and  stout  woollen  hose  for  himself.  It  was  in 
the  spring  of  1778,  when  detachments  of  the  American  army  fre- 
quently passed  through  Bethlehem,  and  some  of  the  choir-houses 
were  converted  into  barracks,  hospitals,  and  places  of  safe-keeping 
for  English  prisoners,  that  Count  Casimir  Pulaski  was  complimented 
for  his  gallantry  by  the  presentation  of  a  banner,  embroidered  by 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  39 

The  charges  made  for  pupils  at  this  time  were  in 
Pennsylvania  currency,  as  follows : — 


the  single  Sisters,  as  a  token  of  their  gratitude  for  the  protection 
he  had  aiForded  them,  surrounded  as  they  were  by  a  rough  and 
uncouth  soldiery.  A  special  guard  was  kept  around  the  precincts 
of  this  home  of  helpless  females,  and  Pulaski  in  person  shared  the 
duties  of  the  sentinel.  At  the  suggestion  of  Susan  Von  Gersdorf, 
the  spiritual  superintendent  of  the  establishment,  it  was  resolved  to 
give  the  hero  this  tribute  of  their  respect.  The  design  of  the  work 
was  intrusted  to  the  Sisters  Becky  Langly  and  Julia  Bader;  and 
in  its  execution  they  were  assisted  by  a  number  of  their  associates, 
more  especially  by  Anna  Beam,  Anna  Hussy,  and  Erdmuth  Langly. 
The  banner  was  received  by  Pulaski  with  grateful  acknowledgments, 
and  borne  in  his  regiment  through  the  campaign,  until  he  fell  in 
the  attack  on  Savannah,  in  the  autumn  of  1779. 

Lossing,  in  his  "Pictorial  Field-Book  of  the  Revolution,"  has 
the  following  relative  to  this  matter: — "Pulaski  visited  La  Fayette 
while  that  wounded  officer  was  a  recipient  of  the  pious  care  and 
hospitality  of  the  Moravians  at  Bethlehem.  When  it  was  known 
that  the  brave  Pole  was  organizing  a  corps  of  cavalry  in  Baltimore, 
the  single  women  of  Bethlehem  prepared  a  banner  of  crimson  silk, 
with  designs  beautifully  wrought  with  the  needle  by  their  own 
hands,  and  sent  it  to  Pulaski  with  their  blessing.  This  banner  was 
used  in  the  procession  that  welcomed  Lafayette  to  Baltimore  in 
1824,  and  was  then  deposited  in  Peale's  Museum.  Mr.  Edmund 
Peale  presented  it  to  the  Maryland  Historical  Society  in  1844, 
where  it  is  now  carefully  preserved  in  a  glass  case.  But  little  of  its 
former  beauty  remains.  On  one  side  the  capitals  U.  S.  are  encir- 
cled by  the  motto,  '  Unitas  virtus  fortior;'  on  the  other,  the  all- 
seeing  eye  of  God,  in  the  midst  of  the  thirteen  stars  of  the  Union, 
is  surrounded  by  the  woi'ds,  'Non  alius  regit.'  These  designs  are 
embroidered  with  yellow  silk,  the  letters  shaded  with  green.  A 
deep-green  bullion-fringe  ornaments  the  edges.  The  size  of  the 
banner  is  twenty  inches  square.  It  was  attached  to  a  lance  when 
borne  to  the  field."  See  Lossing's  Field-Book,  Vol.  II.  p.  187,  for 
a  drawing.  From  a  diary  kept  at  Bethlehem  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary War,  we  learn  that  La  Fayette  came  to  that  place  on  the 


40  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

<£5  per  quarter  for  board  and  tuition,  including  the 
ordinary  branches  of  an  English  education,  and  in- 
struction in  the  Grerman  language. 

20tli  of  September,  1777,  just  after  the  battle  of  Brandywine, 
where  he  was  wounded,  and  left  for  the  army  on  the  18th  of  Octo- 
ber following.  Pulaski  is  mentioned  as  having  arrived  on  the  16th 
of  April,  1778.  He  is  noticed  a  second  time,  under  date  of  May 
18  of  the  same  year,  as  having  attended  divine  worship  with  a 
portion  of  his  independent  corps  in  martial  order.  The  memory  of 
this  event  is  embalmed  in  verse  by  Longfellow  in  the  following 

HYMN  OP  THE  MORAVIAN  NUNS  AT  THE  CONSECRATION  OF  PULASKl'S  BANNER. 

When  the  dying  flame  of  day 

Through  the  chancel  shot  its  ray. 

Far  the  glimmering  tapers  shed 

Faint  light  on  the  cowled  head; 

And  the  censer  burning  swung 

Where,  before  the  altar,  hung 

The  blood-red  banner  that  with  prayer 

Had  been  consecrated  there. 

And  the  nun's  sweet  hymn  was  heard  the  while, 

Sung  low  in  the  dim,  mysterious  aisle : — 

"  Take  thy  banner  !     May  it  wave 
Proudly  o'er  the  good  and  brave, — 
When  the  battle's  distant  wail 
Breaks  the  Sabbath  of  our  vale, 
When  the  clarion's  music  thrills, 
To  the  hearts  of  these  lone  hills, 
When  the  spear  in  conflict  shakes, 
And  the  strong  lance  shivering  breaks. 

"  Take  thy  banner !  and,  beneath 
The  battle-cloud's  encircling  wreath, 
Guard  it ! — till  our  homes  are  free  ! 
Guard  it ! — God  will  prosper  thee  ! 
In  the  dark  and  trying  hour. 
In  the  breaking  forth  of  power, 
In  the  rush  of  steeds  and  men, 
His  right  hand  will  shield  thee  then. 

"  Take  thy  banner !     But,  when  night 
Closes  round  the  ghastly  fight, 
If  the  vanquish'd  warrior  bow, 
Spare  him !     By  our  holy  vow, 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  41 

17^.  M.  per  quarter  for  tambour-work  and  drawing. 

175.  6(7.  per  quarter,  lessons  on  the  piano-forte,  or 
guitar. 

15s.  extra  for  the  use  of  light,  fuel,  and  school-books. 

Age  of  admission,  from  eight  to  fifteen  years. 

The  method  of  instruction,  though  simple,  purposed 
being  thorough;  and,  as  a  multiplicity  of  hand-books 
was  unknown  in  those  days,  the  teacher  was  compelled 
to  impart  knowledge  orally, — a  necessity  which  required 
on  her  part  patience  and  labor,  as  well  as  a  faithfid 
preparation  by  diligent  private  study. 

Excessive  and  constant  attention  to  books  was 
judiciously  deiDrecated,  and  means  taken  to  vary  the 
monotony  of  school-life  by  cheerful  and  invigorating 
recreation.  Wednesday  afternoons  were  allotted  to 
pastime,  and,  when  the  season  allowed,  to  walks  in 
the  neighborhood,  thus  breaking  in  upon  the  routine 
of  the  week  and  agreeably  dividing  its  labors  by  an 
interval  of  relaxation.  Saturday  morning  was  spent 
in  a  practical  use  of  the  needle,  affording  the  pupils 


By  our  prayers  and  many  tears, 

By  the  mercy  that  endears, 

Spare  him  ! — be  our  love  hath  shared  ! 

Spare  him  ! — as  thou  wouldst  be  spared  ! 

"  Take  thy  banner  ! — and  if  e'er 
Thou  shouldst  press  the  soldier's  bier, 
And  the  muffled  drum  should  beat 
To  the  tread  of  mournful  feet, 
Then  this  crimson  flag  shall  be 
Martial  cloak  and  shroud  for  thee." 

The  warrior  took  that  banner  proud,- 
And  it  was  his  martial  cloak  and  shroud  ! 


42  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

an  opportunity  of  examining  the  condition  of  their 
wardrobes  and  the  truth  of  the  adage,  "A  stitch  in 
time  saves  nine."  The  afternoon  was  at  their  disposal. 
A  walk  was  taken,  a  sail  on  the  river,  or  perhaps  the 
little  flower-garden  in  the  yard  needed  attention, — not, 
however,  before  the  vesper-table  had  been  set,  and  the 
private  store  of  coffee  and  sugar  contributed  for  the 
general  good  and  the  festivities  of  these  occasions. 

The  long  winter  evenings  were  passed  partly  in 
study,  partly  in  reading  and  conversation.  While  the 
household  was  yet  small,  we  find  this  portion  of  time 
was  in  an  especial  way  devoted  to  the  pleasures  of 
social  intercourse.  Then  the  discipline  of  the  school- 
room was  exchanged  for  the  freedom  of  the  family 
circle.  The  pupils  would  collect  around  their  tutor- 
ess and  listen  to  a  narrative,  orally  given  or  read 
from  some  interesting  and  useful  book;  or  one  of 
their  own  number  would  be  selected  for  the  task,  while 
the  others,  encircling  her  in  an  attentive  group,  em- 
ployed their  fingers  with  the  needle,  or  spun  the  thread 
from  off  the  distaff  of  the  fast-revolving  wheel.  Per- 
haps home  and  distant  friends  formed  the  charming 
topic,  and,  while  the  moaning  wind  without  was  drift- 
ing the  snow  against  the  casement,  there  were  scenes 
of  sunshine  within,  glowing  with  the  hues  of  fancy's 
brightest  coloring  and  warmed  into  life  under  the  influ- 
ence of  fondest  affection.  Or  religion  and  its  ways  of 
truth  and  peace  were  made  the  theme  of  more  serious 
discourse,  and  thus  the  members  of  the  youthful  gather- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  48 

ing  were  fitly  prepared  to  close  the  duties  and  plear 
sures  of  the  day  by  joining  in  an  evening  hymn, 
the  notes  of  the  guitar  or  spinet  accompanying  their 
voices  in  the  songs  of  Zion.  "I  can  never  forget  the 
simplicity  which  reigned  in  our  school  in  those  days," 
says  one  of  the  few  survivors.  "With  how  little  were 
our  childish  desires  gratified!  We  were  unacquainted 
with  the  hundreds  of  artificial  wants  which  the  present 
age  has  created,  with  the  view,  I  should  say,  of  ren- 
dering itself  only  unhappy." 

The  strict  economy  practised  by  the  Principal  in  the 
management  of  the  school  was  rendered  necessary  by 
the  circumstances  under  which  it  was  established.  Its 
very  existence  and  continuance  depended  on  a  prudent 
administration  of  its  limited  resoui'ces.  With  a  bor- 
rowed capital  of  two  hundred  pounds,  and  rent  and 
salaries  to  pay  from  the  income,  we  are  not  surprised 
that  improvements  in  its  external  condition,  and 
in  matters  of  convenience,  should  have  been  made 
gradually,  and  in  proportion  to  increase  of  means. 
Furniture,  combining  durability  and  neatness,  was  all 
that  was  requisite.  So  restricted  were  the  finances 
that  at  first  even  bedsteads,  bedding,  and  other  articles 
that  usually  belong  to  a  furnished  household,  were 
found  at  the  parents'  cost.  The  first  spinet  in  use  was 
rented  from  the  Sisters'  House.  Each  pupil,  on  enter- 
ing, was  furnished  with  sundry  extras  on  private  ac- 
count,— such  as  a  mug,  a  sugar-box,  a  tea-caddy,  and  a 
knife  and  fork.     Coff'oe,  sugar,  and  tea  were  not  in- 


44  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

eluded  in  the  charges  for  board.  Such  luxuries  could 
of  course  be  enjoyed  only  by  those  possessed  of  abun- 
dant means.  Milk  was  their  substitute;  and,  if  but 
simi3le  fare,  it  was  not  the  less  wholesome.  A  monthly 
allowance  of  one  shilling  and  sixpence  was  given  for 
pocket-money.  In  accordance  with  the  Brethrens' 
custom  of  having  their  daughters  wear  caps,  the  pupils 
from  abroad  were  each  provided  with  a  neat  frilled  cap 
of  cambric,  fitting  closely  to  the  head,  and  exposing 
but  little  of  the  hair,  except  what  was  worn  in  short 
curls  down  the  neck.  As  it  differed  somewhat  in  degree 
of  ornament  from  the  one  worn  by  the  Moravian  girls, 
it  was  styled  the  "English  cap."  As  to  dress  in  gene- 
ral, parents  were  desired  to  avoid  excess  and  extrava- 
gant profusion  in  fitting  out  their  daughters  for  school, — 
a  request  which  the  Brethren  made  from  their  convic- 
tion of  the  hui'tful  tendency  of  such  indulgence,  which, 
while  encouraging  expensive  habits,  is  wont  to  engage 
the  mind  with  passing  trifles,  to  the  exclusion  of  what 
is  truly  beneficial  and  worthy  its  attention. 

An  interesting  relic  of  these  early  times  is  a  journal 
of  daily  occurrences  in  the  school,  in  the  handwriting 
of  the  pupils  themselves.  It  Avas  commenced  at  the 
suggestion  of  the  Principal,  with  the  view  of  affording 
the  girls  an  opportunity  of  diverting  themselves  in  a 
pleasant  and  useful  way,  and,  purposing  to  be  a  just 
record  of  all  that  transpired  in  the  family,  it  was 
thought  it  might  prove  an  incentive  to  correct  deport- 
ment and  virtuous  emulation.     As  a  soui'ce  of  informa- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  45" 

tion  relative  to  life  at  the  school  from  1788  to  1805,  it 
is  certainly  invaluable.  Its  simplicity  is  perfectly 
natural,  and  we  recognise  an  abundance  of  internal 
evidence  as  to  its  authenticity.  As  we  read  its  amusing 
pages,  and  smile  at  the  quaint  yet  forcible  expres- 
sions of  childhood,  we  fancy  the  little  girl  with  her 
pen,  industriously  detailing  the  incidents  of  the  closing 
week,  artlessly  registering  her  own  sins  of  commis- 
sion and  omission  and  those  of  her  companions;  we 
learn  to  know  each  one  by  name,  and  when  we  have 
read  their  brief  record  of  the  past,  and  have  done  with 
them  as  happy  children  at  school,  we  naturally  wonder 
what  have  since  been  their  vicissitudes  of  life, — who 
of  their  number  are  yet  pilgrims  weary  with  the  in- 
firmities of  years,  and  how  many  have  passed  to  that 
country  from  whose  bourne  no  traveller  returns.  The 
journal  was  kept  for  a  week  alternately  by  the  younger 
pupils,  and  then  handed  over  to  the  Principal  for  in- 
spection, who,  on  reading  it,  returned  it  with  comments 
on  both  writing  and  language.  The  ensuing  extracts, 
as  descriptive  of  special  occasions  and  occurrences, 
need  no  apology  for  their  insertion : — 

''■Friday,  Dec.  12,11 'i'^. — In  the  afternoon  we  were 
all  seated  around  the  large  room  with  our  tutoresses 
and  a  few  friends  to  an  appointed  love-feast.^    Mr. 

^  The  love-feasts  held  in  the  Brethren's  Church  are  in  imitation  of 
the  AgapsB  of  the  primitive  Christians.  Their  object  is  to  remind 
her  members  in  a  pleasing  manner  of  the  family  bond  which  unites 
them  as  brethren  and  sisters  in  common  love  to  Christ.     On  festive 


46  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Hiibener  entered,  and,  after  introducing  Captain  Stone, 
of  Baltimore,  said  this  solemn  meeting  was  dedicated 
to  the  Misses  Ruth  Cockey  and  Lydia  Winchester,  who 
had  finished  their  term  in  our  school  creditably  to  them- 
selves, and  were  on  the  eve  of  leaving  the  little  circle 
of  which  they  had  been  members  for  more  than  a  year. 
After  cake  and  coffee  had  been  handed  about,  the  two 
gave  the  following  farewell  addresses  to  our  inspector, 
who  read  them  to  the  company : — 

"'At  this  my  departui-e  from  school,  I  assure  my 
dear  tutoresses  I  shall  never  forget  their  kindness  and 
good  advice.  For  all  my  faults  I  ask  forgiveness,  and 
I  know  they  will  grant  it.  To  you,  Mr.  Hiibener,  and 
to  your  lady,  the  greatest  thanks  are  due  for  the  pater- 
nal care  which  you  have  bestowed  on  me.  My  dear 
companions  and  good  friends,  I  beg  you  to  forget  all 
my  faults,  and  pray  I  may  be  enabled  to  live  in  peace 
and  love  with  every  one.  Be  kind  to  my  sister.  Fare- 
well. Ruth  Cockey.' 

" '  As  I  have  now  lived  here  a  year  among  so  many 
happy  inmates  of  this  school,  I  find  it  hard  to  part: 
but  it  can't  be  otherwise.  I  believe  it  was  my  Savior's 
will  and  providence  that  brought  me  here,  and  at  his 
bidding  I  go.  First,  I  thank  my  dear  tutoresses  for 
bearing  with  the  trouble  I  have  caused  them,  and  ten- 
days  they  constitute  a  part  of  the  services  ia  the  sanctuary.  They 
are  also  regarded  as  a  most  proper  means  of  solemnizing  and  render- 
ing impressive  important  and  eventful  occasions,  such  as  the  one 
recorded  above. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 


47- 


derly  ask  their  forgiveness  for  all  my  faults.  I  shall 
always  remember  their  kindness  with  the  sincerest  love 
and  gratitude.  I  sincerely  thank  Mr.  Hiibener  and  his 
lady  for  their  interest  in  conducting  the  school  for  the 
welfare  of  its  pupils,  and  for  their  kind  love  and  pa- 
ternal care  towards  me.  My  dear  companions,  I  must 
speedily  leave  delightful  Bethlehem;  but  I  know  I  part 
from  you  in  love.  I  beg  you  to  forgive  all  my  offences 
towards  you,  and  wish  they  may  be  forgotten  after  my 
departure.  And  may  our  Savior  bless,  preserve,  and 
direct  your  ways  and  mine,  that  we  may  live  a  credit  to 
his  Church !  The  blessings  that  I  have  shared  here  will 
forever  be  fresh  in  my  memory. 

" '  Lydia  Winchester.' 
"  The  following  stanzas  were  then  addressed  in  behalf 
of  the  pupils  to  their  departing  companions : — 

"  '  Farewell,  dear  misses,  in  the  name  of  God 
Our  Savior,  who  by  his  most  precious  blood 
Has  purchased  you  to  be  his  property 
On  earth  below  and  for  eternity. 

<'< Forget  not  Bethlehem  in  future  days; 
And,  when  remembering  this  lovely  place, 
Praise  God,  who  hither  for  you  made  a  way : 
Thank  him  with  many  a  song  and  grateful  lay. 

"  <  Kemember,  dear  companions,  those  good  rules 
So  oft  repeated  in  dear  Bethlehem's  schools, — 
The  word  of  God,  too,  how  it  was  reveal' d. 
And  how  its  mysteries  were  to  you  unseal'd. 

'"That  word  which  tells  how  God  became  a  man 
And  died  for  sinners, — which  no  mortal  can 
Right  comprehend  without  the  Spirit's  aid, — 
That  word  resplendent  you  have  seen  portray'dj  — 


48  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

" '  Have  heard  that  all  to  him  have  free  access 
If  they  but  openly  their  wants  confess, 
Nor  hide  their  sins  from  his  all-seeing  eye, 
Which  light  and  darkness  do  alike  descry; 

"'His  willingness  poor  sinners  to  receive. 

His  heart's  delight  t'  assuage  your  every  grief, 

His  ardent  love,  so  tender,  so  divine. 

His  guidance  through  the  changeful  scenes  of  time. 

" '  To  his  protection  we  will  you  commend. 

And  pray,  "Dear  Lord,  do  take  them  by  the  hand; 
Let  them  on  earth  live  worthily  of  Thee, 
'Till  'fore  thy  throne  we  join  eternally?"  ' 

"Young  and  old  dissolved  in  tears,  wishing  them 
future  happiness  and  blessings.  Captain  Stone  declared 
his  satisfaction  and  gratitude  for  the  care  bestowed 
on  his  children,  and  Mr.  Hiibener  thanked  him  for  his 
confidence  in  intrusting  them  to  the  care  of  the  di- 
rectors of  this  institution." 

Such  is  the  narrative  of  the  first  parting  scene. 

"Saturda?/,  March  8,  1789. — We  had  a  spinning- 
day.  Early  in  the  morning  our  tutoresses  woke  us 
with  the  following  hymn,  accompanied  by  the  sweet 
notes  of  Sister^  Sulamith's  guitar: — 

"'Awake,  dear  children,  early  rise, 
To  pay  your  morning  sacrifice 
To  God,  the  glorious  King  of  kings. 
Who  with  the  shadow  of  his  wings 
Has  cover'd  you,  and  kept 
Thus  safely  while  you  slept ! 


^  This  appellation,  borrowed  from  the  mode  of  address  customary 
among  the  Brethren,  was  used  by  the  pupils  in  accosting  their 
tutoresses  until  about  1830. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  49 

With  countenances  all  serene 
Then  at  your  destined  work  be  seen, 

As  bees  most  busy. 
The  distaff  and  the  wheels  both  are 
Prepared ;  and  flax  is  ready  there. 
Come,  take  in  hand  the  easy  task; 
God  grant  you  succor  if  you  ask. 
Bid  sleep  farewell ;  come,  haste  ye, ' 
The  spinning-pleasures  taste  ye.' 

"After  breakfast  the  large  room  was  put  in  order  for 

the  business  of  the  day, — ^the  spinning-wheels  arranged 

in  one  row,  and  the  distaffs^  in  two.     At  nine  o'clock 

our  tutoresses  presented  us  with  apples.     At  ten  o'clock 

cakes  were  handed  round.     We  had  several  of  the 

Sisters  from  the  Sisters'  House  visiting  us  throughout 

the  day.     In  the  evening  Sister  Hiibener  complimented 

us  with  a  repast   of    chocolate   and  pancakes, — both 

rarities  to  us,  and  very  acceptable  after  the  labors  of 

the  day.     We  then  joined  in  chorus,  singing, — 

'<'To  the  Giver  of  all  good! 
It  is  he  whose  blessing  raises 
All  that  gives  us  clothes  and  food. 
Who  of  you  could  ever  have  expected 
What  on  this  spinning-day  has  been  effected? 
Oh,  the  pleasure  is  most  sweet 
Right  to  use  our  hands  and  feet.' 

"Hereupon  the  following  couplets  were  recited  by 

the  girls,  the  youngest  taking  the  lead,  and  the  others 

following  in  due  order  of  age : — 

"  C.  Reichelt.     I've  caused  no  disturbance,  dear  misses;  so  pray 
Excuse  Carolina's  not  spinning  to-day. 


*  A  distaff  from  Bethlehem  is  preserved  as  an  object  of  curiosity 
in  the  hall  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  at  Philadelphia. 

4 


50  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

"-£7.  Beaumont.     I've  spun  seven  cuts,  dear  companions,  allow 
That  I  am  yet  little,  and  know  not  right  how. 
"P.  Hechewelder.     Eleven  I've  done;  and  I've  been  very  busy; 
Believe,  I  have  sat  at  my  distaff  quite  easy. 
"■A.  Wilson.     Nine  cuts  are  my  day's  work;  I've  been  pretty  still; 

Excuse  my  not  spinning  more, — next  time  I  will. 
'■^  E.  Palmer.     The  sum  of  my  cuts  does  to  eleven  amount, 

To  hear  I've  been  busy,  how  pleasant  the  sound ! 
"  Peggy  VrieJiuis.     Six  cuts,  notwithstanding  I  busy  have  been. 

Is  all  on  the  slate  under  my  name  to  be  seen. 
" M.  Beaumont.     I've  done,  like  Miss  Palmer,  eleven:  pray  see, 

In  strength  and  in  stature  I  think  we  agree. 
''J..  Weinicke.     The  number  of  my  cuts  surpasses  not  nine, 

Though  none  of  the  best  yarn  I  dare  to  call  mine. 
"  C.  L.  Greene.     Nine  is  also  my  sum;  not  more  I  have  done, 

Though  busy  as  silkworm  I've  faithfully  spun. 
"  P.  Stone.     Though  my  finger  was  hurt,  I've  spun  eight-and-ten  : 

Believe,  dear  companions,  I've  tried  all  I  can. 
'^^A.  Hickley.     Thirteen  I've  finish' d,  and,  with  real  delight, 

I  say  I  could  spin  till  late  in  the  night. 
"Z).  Owings.     One  more  than  Miss  Nancy's  my  day's  work  has  been. 

Oh,  pleasing  day !     Naught  to  do,  only  to  spin. 
"i/.  Greene.     Thirteen  I've  done, — believe  with  stirring  but  little : 

Dear  misses,  this  will  be  to  you  a  strange  riddle. 
"  E.  Moncrieff.     So  I,  who  with  Patty  from  one  distaff  spun, 

With  close  application  nine-and-ten  cuts  have  done. 
"  C.  Attwood.     I've  paid  great  attention  to  the  young  ladies  spinning, 

And  assisted  them,  both  at  the  end  and  beginning. 
"  E.  Bedell     I've  spun  cuts — they  are  thirty  and  three ; 
More  than  I  expected;  and  this  pleases  me. 
'<  H.  Kip.      The  sum  of  my  cuts  makes  the  third  of  a  skein. 
It  pleases  me:  I've  not  learn'd  spinning  in  vain. 
'*J..  Van  Vleck.     By  firm  application  I  won  thirty-six; 

A  pity  that  I  could  not  full  two-thirds  fix. 
"M.  linger.     I  finish'd  exactly  twice  ten  and  six  more: 

This  sum  exceeds  all  that  I  spun  days  before. 
"^.  Blahely.     My  sum  of  cuts  exceeds  not  twenty-four : 

Should  I  spin  another  day  perhaps  I'd  do  more. 
"  M.  Cox.     My  sum  of  cuts,  ladies,  is  thirty  and  three ; 

Believe,  I've  been  busy  and  wrought  like  a  bee. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  51 

"jET.  Langdon.     Mine  twenty  and  four,  whicli  I  finish'd  with  joy, 

And  my  hands  and  my  feet  did  willing  employ. 
"i.  Palmer.     Two  less  than  Miss  Hannah  I've  done  with  delight ; 
Oh,  spinning-wheel !  to  me  what  a  most  pleasing  sight! 
"*S^.  Bagge.     Thirty  and  four  I've  done,  though  my  spools 
Are  still  in  confusion. — Now  follow  the  rules  ! 

— when  the  ringing  of  the  bell  summoned  us  down- 
stairs." 

It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that,  in  the  times  following 
the  Revolutionary  War,  particular  attention  was  paid 
in  the  school  to  the  useful  branch  of  female  industry 
the  subject  of  the  previous  extract.  The  wheel  and 
distaff  had  then  a  place  not  in  the  dwellings  of  the 
poorer  classes  alone:  families  in  easy  circumstances, 
and  even  the  rich,  with  the  recollection  of  the  late  dis- 
astrous period  fresh  in  mind,  when  the  country  was 
thrown  on  its  own  limited  resources  for  the  production 
of  the  commonest  fabrics,  were  desirous  of  having  their 
daughters  prepared  against  times  of  like  pressing 
emergency.  Witness  the  daughters  of  General  Greene, 
who  figure  on  the  above  occasion :  they  were  members 
of  a  family  which  ranked  high  in  point  of  wealth  and 
honors.  "  Lady  Greene,"  says  an  eye-witness,  "  several 
times  came  to  visit  her  two  daughters  at  Bethlehem 
School.  The  impression  I  received  of  her  nobihty  of 
heart  and  stately  dignity  of  person — her  tall  figiu-e, 
dressed  in  rich  brocade  and  lace,  with  long,  sweeping 
train — ^is  not  yet  erased.  She  was  a  pattern-lady  of 
the  old  school." 

We  can  well  imagine  that  "spinning-days"  were  at 


52  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

all  times  hailed  with  delight  by  the  inmates  of  the 
house.  They  were  accejotably  heralded  in  the  dull 
and  gloomy  season  previous  to  the  opening  of  early 
spring,  when  girls  at  school  are  kept  in-doors  by  the  in- 
clement weather,  and  depriA^ed  even  of  the  privilege  of 
the  systematic  noonday's  walk  on  the  sunny  side  of 
the  village  streets.  In  addition  to  the  excitement  of 
the  emulous  pastime,  the  pupils  found  pleasure  in  the 
exercise  of  a  laudable  patriotism,  voluntarily  contribu- 
ting their  joint  labors  for  the  production  of  needed 
fabrics  in  the  household;  the  thread  which  they  spun 
being  woven  into  tablecloths,  towelling,  and  so  forth. 
It  requires  but  little  imagination  to  fill  up  the  picture 
of  these  scenes  from  the  sketches  afforded  by  the 
journal  and  the  descriptions  of  individuals  who  par- 
ticipated in  their  festivities.  The  wheels  and  distaffs 
are  once  more  ranged  along  the  heavily-panelled  room, 
and  the  little  spinsters,  seated  on  wooden  settles,  prim 
in  their  snow-white  caps  and  ruffled  Vandykes,  with 
busy  fingers  twist  the  yielding  flax.  Mirth  and  laugh- 
ter mingle  with  the  hum  of  the  droning  wheel,  and  the 
enlivening  chorus  is  timed  by  the  pattering  treadles  as 
they  are  nimbly  worked  by  rows  of  tiny  feet,  on  which 
the  well-burnished  buckles  glitter  with  reflected  light. 
The  group  and  their  employment  bring  forcibly  to  mind 
the  ancient  praises  of  the  wheel  and  distaff, — the  record 
of  the  historian  and  the  song  of  the  poet  portraying 
scenes  of  virtuous  household  industry,  where  the  matron 
of  high  degree  is  seated  among  her  maidens,  allotting  the 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  53 

daily  task,  and  not  too  proud  to  excite  them  by  her 
example  to  deeds  of  honest  labor;  or  the  inspired 
writer's  picture  of  the  virtuous  woman  whose  price  is 
for  above  rubies : — "  She  seeks  wool  and  flax,  and  works 
willingly  with  her  hands :  her  candle  goes  not  out  by 
night.  She  lays  her  hands  to  the  spindle,  and  her 
hands  hold  the  distaff.  She  stretches  out  her  hand 
to  the  poor;  yea,  she  reaches  forth  her  hands  to  the 
needy.  She  makes  herself  coverings  of  tapestry,  fine 
Hnen,  and  sells  it.  She  looks  well  to  the  ways  of  her 
household,  and  eats  not  the  bread  of  idleness.  Her 
children  rise  up  and  call  her  blessed.  Strength  and 
honor  are  her  clothing,  and  she  shall  rejoice  in  time  to 
come." 

On  the  12th  of  May,  1789,  the  first  examination  of 
the  pupils  in  the  branches  which  had  been  taught  them 
was  held  before  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  a  few  invited 
guests  from  the  town.  The  exercises  of  the  forenoon 
were  confined  to  English  and  German  reading,  and 
questions  in  grammar  and  arithmetic.  After  dinner  an 
hour  was  devoted  to  geography  and  liistory.  On  the 
following  day  the  pupils  assembled,  festively  to  close 
the  duties  of  the  past  school-year,  preparatory  to  en- 
tering on  the  pleasui-es  of  a  week's  relaxation  from 
study, — ^the  short  vacation  which  at  that  time  was 
granted  them  to  recruit  from  the  fatigue  of  mental  ap- 
plication and  labor.  The  meeting  was  of  a  religious 
character, — ^the  love-feast  which  was  partaken  of  by  the 
company  giving,  with  its  concomitants  of  music  and 


54  BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR. 

song,  a  cast  of  "gladsome  piety"  suitable  to  so  joyful 
an  occasion.  Specimens  of  writing  and  drawing  were 
distributed  among  the  guests  for  inspection,  and  a  re- 
view of  the  past  year's  studies,  their  uses  and  delights, 
presented  by  the  pupils  in  familiar  dialogue  and  verse. 
The  composition  of  the  following  extracts  is  doubtless 
referable  to  Sister  Kleist,  a  tutoress,  who  for  sixteen 
years  drew  from  the  stores  of  her  gifted  mind  for  the 
benefit  and  amusement  of  her  pupils,  with  rare  skill 
clothing  the  ideas  of  her  poetic  fancy  in  the  garb  of  a 
simple  diction,  such  as  falls  naturally  and  forcibly  on 
the  ears  of  childhood. 

CORNELIA   LOTT   GREENE. 

"Tell  me,  what  genius  did  the  art  invent 
The  lovely  image  of  a  voice  to  paint, — 
With  bodies  how  to  clothe  ideas,  taught, 
And  how  to  draw  the  picture  of  a  thought?' 
Who  taught  the  hand  to  speak,  the  eyes  to  hear, 
A  silent  language,  roving  far  and  near, — 
Whose  softest  notes  outstrip  loud  thunder's  sound. 
And  spread  their  accents  through  the  world's  vast  round, — 
Yet  with  kind  secrecy  securely  roll  * 

Whispers  of  absent  friends  from  pole  to  pole; 
A  speech  heard  by  the  deaf,  spoke  by  the  dumb, 

•  Whose  echo  reaches  far  in  time  to  come, 
Which  dead  men  speak,  as  well  as  those  that  live  ? 
Tell  me,  what  genius  did  this  art  contrive  ? 

'  "Whence  did  the  wondrous  mystic  art  arise 
Of  painting  speech,  and  speaking  to  the  eyes? 
That  we  by  magic  lines  are  taught. 
How  both  to  color  and  embody  thought?" 
(Unknown  Quotation :  Notes  and  Queries,  Vol.  III.  2d  Ser.,  p.  330.) 


BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR. 
MARIA   COX. 

"The  useful  arts,  and  all  their  first  invention, 
Were  for  our  good, — God's  own,  his  prime  intention. 

DEBORAH   OWINGS. 

"  Cornelia,  what  briefly  you  have  shown 
A  favorite  theme's  to  me,  and  what  I  own 
'Bove  other  arts,— 'tis  writing  I  do  prize. 
I  speak  to  one  that  is  beyond  my  eyes : 
My  sorrows  and  my  joys  my  friend  will  share, 
Though  thousand  miles  we  separated  are ; 
Unseen,  yet  I  can  speak,  by  pen  and  ink 
And  paper,  all  what  I  would  wish  and  think. 
And  can  receive  the  answer  with  such  joy 
As  instantly  all  sorrow  to  destroy. 

LYDIA   PALMER. 

"  My  friend  and  I  will  praise  the  art  of  reading 
'Bout  centuries  past,  and  centuries  succeeding; 
While  history — especially  that  word 
That  does  to  all  poor  sinners  bliss  afford, 
The  Holy  Scriptures — is  my  heart's  delight. 
I  pity  such  to  whom  that  bliss  's  denied; 
I  read  my  friends',  my  tender  parents'  heart: 
I  share,  by  reading,  in  their  joy  and  smart. 
I'read,  and  all  my  thoughts  assemble  there ; 
I  feel  past  joys, — 1  later  troubles  share. 

AURELIA   BLAKELY. 

"I  love  the  study  of  geography : 
Each  moment  brings  me  farther  one  degree 
Or  more.     Thus  I  can,  in  my  climate  warm. 
Visit  the  North  Pole,  feel  each  shivering  storm. 
Again,  I  find  me  in  the  torrid  zone. 
Nor  feel  the  pressing  heat,  nor  home  bemoan. 
One  hour  I'm  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea, 
Next  can  in  the  Pacific  or  Atlantic  be. 
Thus  travel  I  in  haste  the  world  around. 
And  sit  at  home  quite  happy,  safe,  and  sound. 

HELEN    KIP. 

"Music — sweet  music — is  my  heart's  delight. 
I  could  perform  the  same  from  morn  to  night. 


56  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

The  'Dying  Christian/  and  'Sweet  Sharon's  Rose,' 
My  soul  delight;   and  no  one  could  compose 
Aught  these  surpassing; — for  the  text 
Accords  so  well  in  both.     And  what  is  next? 
*  The  Prince  of  Peace,  he  comes,  he  comes  to  save.' 
Sweet  music,  I  will  be  thy  willing  slave. 

MARGAKET   VRIEHUIS. 

''  My  little  friends,  oh,  let  us  praises  bring 
To  God;  because  for  him  we  learn  to  sing. 

ANN    MARIA   HICKLEY. 

"My  notice  claims  the  sweet  guitar 

When  all  its  strings  well  tuned  are. 

Oh,  how  to  handle  it  I  love ! 

Oh,  how  to  play  it  right  I  strove  ! 

To  sing  and  play  a  song  of  praise 

To  the  Preserver  of  my  days, 

To  my  Creator  and  my  God, 

Who  saved  me  by  his  precious  blood. 
MARIA  cox. 
''  The  art  of  drawing  I  admire, 

When  clothed  in  red  and  green  attire. 

And  even  the  pale,  blushing  lines 

My  pencil  first  to  paint  designs, 

I  like  to  see,  and  know  to  prize  them  well. 

As  they  in  tambour  and  embroidery  tell 

My  needle  how  to  mend  her  pace 

In  straight  and  curve  lines,  and  in  flowery  ways. 

Thus,  without  drawing,  would  my  needle  glide. 

And  tambour  and  embroidery  lead  aside. 

HANNAH   LANGDON. 

'.'Needle,  and  especially  tambour  work,  are  my  dearest  and  most 
agreeable  employments. 

MARY   UNGER. 

"Knitting,  sewing,  and  spinning  are  not  only  very  useful  ac- 
quirements, but  also  indispensably  necessary  to  our  sex." 

As  a  specimen  of  the  dramatic  pieces  which  the 
pupils  frequently  performed  in  the  winter  evenings, 
for  their  own  diversion  and  that  of  their  teachers  and 


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invited  friends,  we  here  introduce  "Rural  Life,"^  one 
of  a  series  of  similar  home-made  compositions,  which 
for  a  number  of  years,  sustained  a  merited  popularity 
in  the  school.  Comment  on  its  unaffected  style, 
puiity  of  sentiment,  and  virtuous  tendency,  is  un- 
necessary. 

RURAL    LIFE. 

PERSONS    REPRESENTED. 


Indiistria, 

Prudentia, 

Laurella, 

Louisa, 

Marcella, 

dementia, 

^nrcisxa, 

Florella, 


Three  ladies,  living  twelve  miles  from  the  city  at  a  country-seat. 

Eveline,  a  widow  lady. 

Rosalinda,  "| 

Pay  a  visit  there.  Amelia,  u      r        i       1.1 

m     1  L       r  her  four  daughters. 
(Jharlotte,     \  " 

Evimeline, 


Industria,  [spinning.]  Oh,  how  bountiful  is  the  great  Creator ! 
how  mild  in  the  dispensations  of  his  treasures !  One  day  declares 
his  goodness  to  the  other !  and  should  we  not  be  most  ungrateful 
in  not  acknowledging  his  bounty?  What  a  large  crop  of  flax  last 
year !  and  the  present  is  blooming  in  the  fields,  promising  a  rich 
harvest ! 

Laurella,  [sewing.]  Who  can  conceive  the  sweets  we  enjoy  in 
leading  a  happy  country  life  ?  What  sensations  fill  our  minds  when 
we  consider  it  is  God  himself  who  feeds  and  clothes  us !  and  what 
pleasure  does  it  afford  us  to  prepare  the  bread  and  raiment  for  our 
use! 

Prudentia,  [knitting.]  Oh,  dear  sisters,  I  must  confess  I  never 
shall  regret  the  step  I  have  taken,  when,  following  your  kind  per- 
.^uasions,  I  left  city  joys  and  strifes  to  live  at  this  quiet  place;  but 
much  more  pray  to  God,  while  I  have  breath,  to  receive  graciously 
the  offering  of  my  lips  till  I  can  thank  him  eternally. 

Industria.  Never,  my  dear,  would  you  have  been  persuaded  to 
believe  what  you  see  with  your  eyes,  had  you  not  come  hither. 

Prudentia.     You  are  in  the  right,  dear  sister. 

[Enter  Louisa,  Marcella,  dementia,  Narcissa,  and  Florella,  court- 
sying.] 

^  Sister  Langaard's  composition. 


58  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Industria.  Welcome,  dear  friends,  for  the  first  time,  to  our 
home !  • 

Laurella.     Be  all  heartily  welcome ! 

Prudentia.     That  is  an  honor  too  great  for  us  ! 

Louisa.  The  honor  is  ours.  Your  friendly  welcome  forbids  all 
ceremony  and  apprehensions  of  intruding  into  your  amiable  com- 
pany. 

Industria.     Please  to  be  seated,  ladies.     [Presents  seats.] 

Marcella.  Our  visit  may  seem  unexpected  to  you,  ladies,  and 
you  may  rightly  think  by  what  means  this  change  of  mind  was 
wrought  in  us.  Indeed,  we  owe  to  Lady  dementia  the  happiness 
which  your  serene  countenances  seem  to  bespeak. 

Prudentia.  Happy,  blessed  be  the  day  and  hour  which  gave 
rise  to  that  thought  in  Lady  dementia,  to  request  your  company 
here !  Good  ladies,  be  once  more  welcome  to  our  home,  where  you 
find  rural  simplicity  and  cheerfulness. 

Industria.  Lady  Narcissa,  here  you  find  matter  enough  for 
study.  Nature,  by  the  hand  of  its  great  Author,  supplies  us  daily, 
so  that  all  senses  are  employed  at  the  same  time  in  admiring  its 
wonders. 

Narcissa.  Charming  scene !  Indeed,  my  good  Lady  Industria, 
though  I  have  not  as  yet  inquired  circumstantially  into  your  way 
of  living  here,  I  must  confess,  I  shall  soon  yield  to  your  persuasions 
as  a  willing  captive. 

Louisa.     So  shall  I! 

dementia.  1  can  assure  you,  ladies,  I  could  not  withstand  the 
call  I  had  in  my  mind  to  visit  here,  not  only  for  curiosity's  sake, 
but  also  by  way  of  friendship.  But  Lady  Prudentia  looks  far  more 
sprightly  than  when  she  left  us. 

Prudentia.  This  happy  life  agrees  with  me,  ladies.  I  thank  you 
for  this  observation  ! 

Industria.  Please,  ladies,  inform  us,  have  you  left  all  our  friends 
well  and  healthy? 

dementia.     Thank  you,  madam,  they  were  perfectly  so. 

Industria.     We  are  glad  to  hear  it. 

Laurella.  But,  ladies,  will  you  believe  living  in  the  country 
contributes  not  a  little  to  the  preservation  of  good  health  ? 

Marcella.  I  give  credit  to  your  observation,  but,  [smiling,] 
madam,  you  can  ensnare  prettily. 

Laurella.     It  is  truth  by  experience. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  59 

Marcella.     Your  pardon,  madam,  for  my  hasty  reflection. 

Laurella.  You  are  under  no  restraint,  madam.  Please  speak 
your  mind  freely,  as  we  are  old  acquaintances. 

dementia.  Now,  ladies,  please  to  lend  an  ear  to  our  curiosity, 
as  you  have  a  long  time  been  a  subject  of  great  astonishment  to  us. 
What  is  the  reason  that  fastens  you  so  entirely  to  the  country,  with- 
out regarding  to  spend  some  weeks  at  your  friends'  in  the  city  ?  Is 
it  superfluity  of  business  ?  or  what  else  ? 

Industria.     You  have  almost  guessed,  madam. 

Louisa.  But,  ladies,  can  constant  employment  prevent  thinking 
of  former  pleasing  amusements  with  the  desire  of  enjoying  them 
once  more  ? 

Prudentia.     It  is  the  case  with  us,  madam. 

dementia.  Please  inform  us,  do  you  deem  it  in  reality  an  honor 
for  persons  of  your  rank  and  estate  to  meddle  in  all  outward  afiairs 
and  take  your  work  in  your  own  hands  ? 

Industria.  Surely  it  is  a  greater  honor  to  any  person,  were  she 
even  a  princess,  to  make  use  of  her  own  hands,  as  given  to  her  by 
her  Creator  to  some  good  purpose,  than  keep  them  idle. 

Prudentia.  Had  we  not  the  Holy  Scriptures  to  instruct  us  in 
this  point,  we  see  all  nature  busy  around  us;  and  if  we,  as  human 
beings  that  are  of  the  noblest  construction,  should  waste  the  gifts 
bestowed  on  us,  by  idleness,  surely  he,  as  a  righteous  God,  would 
require  a  severe  account  of  us. 

Laurella.  Of  this  the  Holy  Scriptures  inform  us,  and  show  us, 
in  the 'lives  of  the  blessed  patriarchs,  how  they  increased  in  piety 
of  heart  the  talents  bestowed  on  them  by  God,  in  working  with 
their  own  hands,  although  they  had  many  servants.  But,  above  all, 
God's  own  Son,  our  Saviour,  did  not  abhor  to  do  hard  labor,  but 
followed  Joseph's  trade. 

Marcella.     These  things  I  never  considered  before. 

Narcissa.     Nor  I. 

Louisa.  But,  ladies,  please  inform  us,  do  you  take  any  time 
to  follow  your  old  favorite  employments  you  once  thought  in- 
dispensably necessary  to  the  promotion  of  health  and  cheer- 
fulness, as  music,  singing,  dancing,  reading,  or  riding  out,  and  the 
like? 

Florella.     I  think  here  is  the  best  conveniency  for  each. 

Industria.  You  are  in  the  right,  madam.  We  have  a  choice 
library  of  books  of  the  best  authors  in  the  world, — divinity,  poetry, 


60  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

history,  and  miscellanies.     These  are  read  in  turn,  in  connection 
with,  or  without,  our  easy  labors. 

Prudentia.  You  also  see,  ladies,  our  musical  instruments  are  not 
only  not  out  of  use,  but  rather  more  used  than  ever,  to  the  best  of 
purposes.  As  for  dancing,  we  do  not  stand  in  need  of  it,  I  think, 
being  under  great  obligations  to  the  teachers  of  our  youth,  who 
taught  us  an  easy  and  becoming  air  in  walking. 

Laurella.  Besides  this,  you  will  find  our  coach  and  horses  are 
at  hand  when  we  have  a  desire  to  ride  out.  But,  for  the  most  part, 
we  go  to  take  the  air  on  foot,  thinking  it  more  profitable  for  the 
preservation  of  good  health. 

Narcissa.  This  day  I  have  learned  more  than  I  could  have  in  a 
life  of  eighty  years  in  the  city, — that  ladies  of  rank  and  fortune 
not  only  meddle,  but  also  take  in  hand  with  pleasure,  their  family 
affairs,  moved  by  such  excellent  principles.  Surely,  I  find  the  aver- 
sion against  such  things  in  my  mind  is  entirely  gone. 

Louisa.     So  it  is  with  me. 

Marcella.  But,  good  ladies,  I  often  have  heard  persons  say 
family  concerns — which  by  some,  in  a  silly  way,  are  called  drudgery — 
are  not  only  unbecoming  to  ladies  of  quality,  but  also  corrupt 
beauty  of  person  and  manners. 

Florella.  The  contrary  is  before  us.  A  princess  remains  what 
she  is,  only  more  admired  and  esteemed  by  all  persons  of  true  sense, 
when  she  takes  in  her  own  hands  the  care  of  her  children  and  royal 
family.     Witness  several  examples,  well  known  to  you,  ladies. 

Industria.  Oh,  my  dear  ladies,  consider  the  goodness  of  God. 
He  gives  all  to  man  that  is  wanted  for  living;  so  he  has  given  us 
hands  to  work,  feet  to  walk,  eyes  ix>  see,  ears  to  hear,  and  a  mouth 
to  speak.  Recollect,  we  never  forget  to  use  our  mouth,  our  teeth, 
our  palate,  our  ears,  for  the  purposes  they  were  given, — all  which  is 
pleasing  to  the  Creator;  whereas,  our  misusing  them  displeases  him. 
But  our  hands  and  feet,  such  noble  instruments,  should  be  kept  out 
of  use,  would  this  not  be  a  sin  ? 

dementia.  Indeed,  I  think  we  should  abhor  the  least  impulse 
to  idleness  in  future,  as  we  would  flee  from  an  enemy  ready  to  attack 
us.  But,  ladies,  do  you  also  pursue  nice  needlework,  embroidery, 
tambour,  drawing,  and  the  like  ? 

Prudentia.  If  you  please,  ladies,  accompany  me  to  the  next 
apartment :  the  answer  awaits  you  there.     [Exeunt.] 

[They  return.] 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  61 

Clementia.  I  think  you  have  brought  to  perfection  what  was 
in  its  infant  state  before. 

Louisa.     I  am  of  your  opinion,  Lady  Clementia. 

Marcella.     So  am  I. 

Florella.  "We  were  speaking  before  of  princesses  heading  their 
family  affairs.  A  striking  example  occurs  to  me  this  moment.  1 
allude  to  the  present  Queen  of  England,  who,  with  her  three  eldest 
princesses,  takes  the  chief  care  in  nursing  his  Majesty  the  king 
in  his  illness.^ 

Louisa,     She  is,  besides  this,  a  lady  of  great  character. 

Florella.  Because  of  her  great  virtues  and  her  maternal  tender- 
ness, displayed  not  only  towards  her  family,  but  towards  all  her 
subjects. 

Narcissa.     Is  the  king  dead  ? 

Prudentia.  No  news  have  arrived  of  that,  as  yet.  Last  papers 
mention  his  illness  not  so  dangerous. 

Laurella,  [looking  out  of  the  window.]  A  coach  holds  down  at 
our  court. 

Industria,  [to  Laurella.]  Please,  madam,  accompany  me  to  see 
them  alight.  The  equipage  seems  like  that  of  Lady  Eveline. 
[Exeunt.] 

[Enter  Industria  and  Laurella,  with  Lady  Eveline  with  her  four 
daughters,  Rosalinda,  Amelia,  Charlotte,  and  Emmeline.] 

Prudentia.  Welcome,  Lady  Eveline,  with  your  dear  little  ones. 
[Kisses  them.] 

Industria,  [to  Eveline.]  Surely,  madam,  your  daughters  have 
grown  prettily  since  I  saw  them  last. 

Laurella.     So  I  think. 

Lady  Eveline.     They  are,  madam. 

Industria.  But,  Lady  Eveline,  we  heard  little  Miss  Emmeline 
has  had  the  smallpox  lately. 

Lady  Eveline.  She  had,  madam ;  but,  thank  God,  she  has  hap- 
pily recovered. 

Emmeline.  I  wished  so  much  to  die,  good  ladies,  that  I  almost 
regretted  my  recovery ;  yet  ray  kind  mamma  told  me  I  ought  to  be 
pleased  with  the  will  of  God, — which  I  obeyed. 


'  Charlotte,  wife  of  George  the  Third.     The   king  at  this  time 
was  suffering  from  his  first  attack  of  insanity. 


62  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Prudentia.  Obedience  to  parents  is  not  only  commendable,  but 
a  duty  which  divine  and  human  laws  require. 

Industria.  As  God  is  so  kind  as  to  allow  no  virtue  unrewarded, 
he  in  a  particular  manner  bestows  his  blessings  on  obedient  children. 
Remember,  little  miss,  to  keep  his  commandments  is  entirely  for 
your  own  good. 

Emmeline.  I  love  our  Saviour,  madam,  therefore  I  wished  to 
die,  when  I  was  sick,  that  I  might  go  to  him. 

Industria.  Dear  little  child  !  [aside.]  Continue,  my  dear,  in 
the  way  begun,  and  follow  your  good  mamma's  instruction ;  then  if 
you  die,  sooner  or  later,  you  will  go  to  heaven  and  see  our  Saviour 
eternally. 

Charlotte.     I  also  love  our  Saviour. 

Amelia.     So  do  I. 

Rosalinda.  And  I,  good  ladies.  You  cannot  think  -how  many 
pretty  things  mamma  tells  us  of  him, — above  all,  of  his  love  to 
his  fallen  creatures,  which  brought  him  from  his  throne  to  complete 
our  salvation  and  eternal  life  by  his  death  on  the  cross. 

Amelia.  Mamma  also  told  us  he  arose  from  the  dead,  and  now 
sits  on  his  throne  at  the  right  hand  of  his  Heavenly  Father  and 
intercedes  for  us. 

Eveline.  I  am  much  rejoiced  to  find  Lady  dementia  with  her 
sisters  here. 

dementia.    So  are  we  to  see  you,  madam,  with  your  dear  children. 

Amelia,  [whispering  to  Industria.]  Good  madam,  I  should  like 
to  live  here. 

Industria.  My  dear,  you  have  liberty  to  speak  your  mind  before 
all  the  ladies.     Be  under  no  restraint  here. 

Amelia,  [courtsying.]     I  thank  you,  madam. 

Industria,  [to  the  other  children.]  So  you,  my  dears,  do  as  if 
you  were  at  home.  We  are  all  good  friends  to  your  mamma,  and, 
for  her  sake,  also  your  friends. 

Amelia.  But  mamma  told  us,  when  we  are  in  company  with 
ladies,  children  should  not  speak  till  called  on :  therefore,  as  I 
wished  to  acquaint  Lady  Industria  with  a  thought  of  mine,  I  spoke 
it  but  softly,  and  find  her  goodness  not  only  pardoned  me,  but,  more, 
permitted  me  to  speak  my  mind  freely. 

Industria.  I  approve  of  your  mamma's  instructions,  since  good 
manners  are  an  ornament  to  young  ladies,  and  contribute  a  great 
deal  to  make  them  useful  members  of  society. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  63 

Charlotte.  I  often  am  heartily  ashamed,  considering  mamma's 
kindness  in  forming  our  minds  with  the  best  instruction  in  the 
world,  that  I  am  as  yet  not  more  capable  of  pleasing  her. 

Prudentia.  That  is  also  very  good  in  you,  that  you  are  con- 
vinced, without  a  person's  telling  you,  that  you  are  not  as  you  should 
be  :  it  is  a  good  step  taken  for  a  happy  amendment. 

Industria.  But,  miss,  such  a  thought  is  not  your  own  :  it  is 
wrought  by  a  superior  hand. 

Charlotte.     Mamma  told  me  it  is  our  Saviour's. 

Amelia.  Mamma  warned  us  also,  that  if  ever  we  were  com- 
mended in  company  for  good  behavior,  not  to  look  on  it  as  praise 
given  to  us,  but  to  the  grace  of  God  that  made  us  so. 

dementia,  [to  Evelina.]  No  doubt,  dear  madam,  your  daugh- 
ters will  be  in  time  ornaments  to  our  sex,  and  jewels  to  their 
dear  mamma. 

Laurella.     So  I  think,  madam. 

Evelina.  I  thank  you,  ladies.  It  is  my  earnest  prayer  to  God 
that  he  may  form  them  into  his  image  and  keep  their  souls  in  his 
hands,  according  to  his  gracious  promises.  With  respect  to  society, 
I  hope  my  poor  advice  tends  only  to  make  them  no  idlers. 

Prudentia.     Their  good  manners  charm  me. 

Industria,  [to  Emmeline.]  My  dear,  what  will  you  give  your  good 
mamma  for  giving  you  such  a  good  education  ? 

Emmeline,  [courtsying.]  Oh,  good  madam,  my  sister  and  I  often 
considered  this  point ;  but  mamma,  noticing  it,  kindly  informed  us 
the  greatest  recompense  for  her  pains  would  be  if  she  could  find 
we  complied  with  her  desires. 

CJiarlotte.     Oh,  our  mamma  is  so  good  ! 

Prudentia.  Your  mamma  is  very  good ;  that  is  true,  my  dears  : 
but  know,  your  mamma  acknowledges  all  that  is  good  in  her  to  be 
our  Saviour's. 

Rosalinda.     So  she  does,  dear  madam,  as  she  often  has  told  us. 

Industria.  My  little  dears,  you  cannot  lend  too  attentive  an  ear 
to  your  mamma's  instructions  with  regard  to  spiritual  or  temporal 
things ;  and  I  heartily  wish  all  our  young  ladies  had  the  same  good 
opportunity  to  improve  and  cultivate  their  minds  that  you  have. 

dementia.  Nothing  looks  more  despicable  in  company  than  a 
glittering  young  person  without  manners. 

Marcella.  And  how  many  are  at  this  time  neglected  in  their 
education ! 


64  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Narcissa.  A  poor  girl,  if  she  applies  to  good  manners,  industry, 
and  cleanliness,  is  preferred  to  such  a  gaudy  miss  by  all  persons  of 
true  sense. 

Prudentia.     Do  the  little  misses  find  pleasure  in  industry  ? 

Children,  [courtsying  and  smiling.]     Yes,  ma'am. 

Evelina.  They  learn  to  knit,  spin,  sew,  tambour,  embroider, 
draw,  and  all  a  lady  ought  to  learn ;  and  I  must  say,  to  their  credit, 
it  is  a  pleasure  to  them. 

Children.     I  thank  you,  ma'am. 

Louisa.    I  heard  Miss  Emmeline's  voice  is  much  admired  in  singing. 

Evelina.  It  is  indifferent,  madam;  but,  if  you  please,  she  may 
sing  the  verse  she  last  learned. 

Industria.     Please,  ma'am,  to  permit  her. 

Evelina.  Emmeline,  my  dear,  sing  the  verse  you  last  learned,  to 
the  ladies. 

Emmeline,  [courtsying,  sings :] 

"  All  glory  to  the  Sovereign  Good, 
And  Father  of  compassion,"  <tc. 

[The  others  join.] 

Prudentia.     It  is  a  delightful  piece. 

Industria.     The  composition  is  Mr.  Grube's.* 

dementia.     I  thought  so. 

Narcissa.     He  is  a  good  musician. 

Emmeline.  He  is  our  singing-master :  surely  we  are  under  great 
obligations  to  him. 

dementia.     The  children  all  sing  prettily. 

Evelina.     I  thank  you,  ladies. 

Industria.  I  hope.  Lady  Evelina,  you  will  grant  us  the  pleasure 
of  your  company  for  some  weeks,  or  longer.     Let  this  be  your  home. 

^  Brother  Bernhard  A.  Grube,  who  had  spent  many  years  of  ardu- 
ous and  dangerous  service  among  the  Indians,  during  which  time  he 
participated  in  some  of  the  most  stirring  and  eventful  transactions 
of  the  mission.  See  "  Loskiel's  History  of  the  Mission  among  the 
Indians  in  North  America."     London,  1794. 

"  He  died  in  1808,  at  the  advanced  age  of  92  years  and  9 
months.  On  his  ninetieth  birthday,  he  ventured  to  walk  from  Beth- 
lehem to  Nazareth,  a  distance  of  ten  miles,  and,  a  few  days  after, 
returned  on  foot."  (Rev.  L.  T.  Reichel's  Moravians  in  North  Caro- 
lina, 1857.) 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  65 

Evelina.  I  am  much  obliged  to  you,  ladies,  if  T,  with  my  little 
ones,  am  not  troublesome  to  you. 

Prudentia.     Be  easy,  madam,  for  tliis. 

Laurella.     You  are  heartily  welcome. 

Industria,  [to  the  others.]     We  expect  the  same  of  you,  ladies. 

Visitors.  You  are  very  obliging.  Your  goodness  surpasses  our 
most  sanguine  expectations. 


Extracts  from  the  Journal  of  Daily  Events,  kept  hy 
the  younger  Pupils  of  Bethlehem  Boarding-School,  1788 
and  1789. 

Oct.  22, 1788.— At  eight  a.m.,  Mr.  Hiibener  kept  our 
arithmetical  school.  At  nine  we  had  English  gi-ammar, 
in  which  he  assisted  us.  At  eleven,  we  attended  Eng- 
lish children's  meeting.  At  one  p.m.,  there  was  tam- 
bour and  music,  and  at  three,  we  went  to  walk.  At 
half-past  seven,  there  was  the  evening  meeting. 

Oct.  25. — At  two  P.M.,  Mr.  Pellman,  Royal  Archi- 
tect, of  St.  Thomas,  came  to  see  our  school,  and  took 
particular  notice  of  Dr.  Vriehui§'s  daughter,  our  little 
Peggy,  offering  to  forward  letters  for  her  to  the  West 
Indies. 

Oct.  30. — The  two  children  who  have  the  smallpox 
began  to  grow  sick,  and  little  Caroline  very  suddenly. 
They  had  been  inoculated  on  the  22d  inst. 

Oct.  31. — At  ten,  Mr.  Grube  kept  our  singing-school. 

Nov.  3. — School  as  usual.  Five  children  went  to 
drink  tea  at  the  tavern.  On  our  walk  we  gathered 
walnuts. 

Nov.  4. — To-day,  the  late  Gen.  Greene's  lady  brought 
her  two  daughters  to  our  school  quite  unexpectedly. 


66  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Some  of  the  scholars  played  on  the  spinet  to  their 
satisfaction. 

Nov.  5. — The  two  Misses  Greene  slept  well,  and  are 
very  happy. 

Nov.  7. — Mr.  Hiibener  dedicated  this  day  to  letter- 
writing,  as  a  number  of  scholars  wished  to  finish  letters, 
which  Mrs.  Moncrieff,  who  brought  a  daughter,  kindly 
offered  to  take  with  her. 

Nov.  9. — Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hiibener  introduced  Sister 
Kleist  to  live  with  us,  whom  we  received  with  love. 
We  had  a  love-feast,  and  sang  for  her  the  verse,  "May 
He  bless  thee  so  sensibly !" 

Nov.  11. — In  the  afternoon  the  children  went  to  Mr. 
Hiibener's  room,  where  he  taught  them  the  circles  on 
the  globe.  Miss  Nancy  Van  Vleck  entered  the  tam- 
bour-school. 

Nov.  14. — Sister  Kleist  kept  our  first  painting-school, 
with  eight  of  the  children. 

Nov.  15. — We  had  no  school  excepting  tambour  and 
music.  At  two  p.m.,  we  took  a  walk  with  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hubener  to  look  for  a  buckle  of  Mrs.  Hiibener's, 
but  did  not  find  it. 

Nov.  21. — In  the  evening  Susan  Bage  sat  spinning, 
and,  growing  sleepy,  her  flax  caught  fire. 

Nov.  25. — Dr.  Attwood,  of  New  York,  brought  his 
daughter  to  school.  Several  of  the  children  played  on 
the  spinet  for  them,  which  they  appeared  to  like  very 
much.     We  also  showed  them  oui'  needlework. 

Dec.  3. — Peggy  Vriehuis  received  letters  from  her 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  67 

parents,  to  her  great  joy.  Some  of  the  children 
studied  grammar  in  the  evening,  and  for  the  first  time 
understood  case. 

Dec.  16. — In  the  evening  we  played  in  turn  on  the 
guitar,  as  the  Wednesday  afternoon's  hour  is  too  short 
to  allow  of  its  heing  passed  the  rounds.  Sister  Sula- 
mith  asked  who  of  us  had  been  unfaithful  to  a  promise 
made  to  Sister  Hlibener  the  day  before.  To  our 
great  sorrow.  Miss was  found  blamable. 

Dec.  19. — As  Miss  acted  obstinately  to  the 

advice  of  her  tutoress,  she  was  obliged  to  sit  on  a 
bench  in  the  middle  of  the  room  until  she  promised  to 
do  better  in  future. 

Dec.  20. — In  the  evening  Sister  Sulamith  put 
roasted  turnips  on  some  of  the  children's  feet  to  draw 
the  frost  out,  as  they  had  been  badly  frost-bitten. 

Dec.  23. — Little  Miss  Polly  Heckewelder's  papa^ 
returned  from  Fort  Pitt,  which  occasioned  her  and  us 
great  joy. 

^  Brother  Jolin  Heckewelder,  the  Indian  missionary,  well  known 
to  the  public  through  his  "  Narrative,"  his  "  Account  of  the  History, 
Manners,  and  Customs  of  the  Indian  Nations  who  once  inhabited 
Pennsylvania  and  the  neighboring  States,"  and  his  philological  re- 
searches in  the  Delaware  language.  His  daughter,  alluded  to  above, 
is  the  second  of  two  who  survive  their  father  and  are  still  residents  of 
Bethlehem.  Sister  Maria  Heckewelder  is  one  of  the  oldest  surviving 
pupils  of  the  seminary,  and  the  author  would  here  return  his  special 
acknowledgments  to  her  for  the  valuable  service  she  has  rendered 
him  in  matters  referring  to  the  first  four  years  of  its  existence.  A 
life  of  Brother  Heckewelder,  by  the  late  Brother  Edward  llond- 
thaler,  minister  of  the  Moravian  congregation  at  Philadelphia,  was 
published  in  1847. 


68  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Dec.  24  and  25. — To-day  we  celebrate  the  birth  of 
Jesus  Christ.  The  Sisters  made  us  an  artificial  de- 
scription of  it  on  a  table  and  window,  to  our  great 
satisfaction.  Some  of  us  had  never  seen  the  like,  nor 
heard  much  of  this  important  matter.  The  children 
said  they  would  not  be  at  home  for  ever  so  much :  they 
only  wished  their  parents  could  share  their  joy.  In 
love-feast  we  were  inexpressibly  happy. 

Dec.  27. — To-day  we  did  not  go  to  walk,  as  we  were 
all  very  busy  in  making  snow-shoes  for  our  frozen  feet. 

Dec.  31. — In  the  forenoon  we  concluded  our  schools 
for  the  year  1788.  Before  the  children's  meeting  in  the 
evening,  we  younger  pupils  asked  our  ladies'  and  their 
companions'  forgiveness  for  our  faults  in  the  almost  ex- 
pired year ;  and  the  older  ones  soon  followed  our  example. 

Jan.  10,  1789. — In  the  evening,  Mr.  Hiibener  made 
most  of  us  a  very  particular  happiness  by  delivering 
to  us  letters  and  parcels  from  our  dear  parents  in  New 
York. 

Feb.  1. — As  the  weather  was  severely  cold,  we  could 
not  take  a  walk.  A  play  called  "Virtue"  was  per- 
formed at  night,  which  some  of  the  misses  had  composed. 

Feh.  4. — This  was  a  joyful  day,  as  some  of  the 
misses  received  letters  from  their  parents  at  New 
York.     Their  joy  made  the  afternoon-school  uneasy. 

Feb.  5. — As  it  was  our  dear  Inspectress's  birthday,' 

^  It  is  a  favorite  custom  among  the  Moravians  to  observe  the 
anniversary  of  birthdays.  These  occasions  are  always  marked  by 
social  festivities  in  the   family  circle  or  among   friends.     All  the 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  69 

the  best  singers  in  our  room  awoke  her  by  singing 
hymns. 

ji'eh.  G. — This  was  the  first  evening  that  we  all  sat 
onihafricndli/  bench. 

Feb.  7. — At  night  we  played  "  The  Shepherdess,"  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  spectators,  consisting  of  our 
tutoresses  and  their  intimate  friends. 

Feb.  9. — In  the  afternoon  Miss  Kip  read  the  rules 
of  the  school;  and  we  found  that  three  had  been  well 
kept,  ten  indifferently,  and  one  not  at  all. 

Feb.  22. — This  morning,  at  breakfast,  we  sung  the 
following  verses  for  our  dear  President,  George  Wash- 
ington : — 

''The  President  thou  hast  ordain'd 
Support  by  thine  almighty  hand; 
To  all  his  undertakings  give  success; 
The  land  o'er  which  he  rules  protect  and  bless." 

In  the  afternoon  some  of  the  children  went  to  drink 
coffee  with  their  friends.^     In  the  evening  we  spoke 

members  of  the  household  participate  in  the  pleasures  accorded  to 
the  one  in  whose  honor  the  day  is  kept.  The  child  is  made  the 
recipient  of  its  parents'  blessings  and  kindliest  wishes,  and  with 
these  come  presents  selected  by  the  fond  hand  of  affection.  The 
parent,  too,  in  his  turn  is  surprised.  The  favor  of  Heaven  is  in- 
voked on  his  head  in  the  carefully-written  verses  copied  from  the 
hymn-book;  and  the  rude  attempts  at  drawing  or  needlework,  in 
which  the  child  gives  evidence  of  industry  and  progress,  are  to  him 
a  source  of  more  exquisite  gratification  than  the  most  extravagant 
purchases  that  wealth  could  aiford. 

'  In  this  term,  and  far  into  the  third  inspectorship,  each  pupil  had 
her  so-called  "  mamma"  among  the  Sisters  of  the  Sisters'  House,  to 
whom  she  repaired  on  a  Wednesday  or  Saturday  afternoon  to  spend 


70  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

our  dialogues  for  our  diversion,  and  had  the  approba- 
tion of  our  tutoresses. 

Feb.  25. — This  being  the  birthday  of  one  of  our 
ladies,  she  kindly  prepared  us  a  love-feast,  at  which 
her  friends  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hiibener  were  present. 
Our  inspector  read  the  verses  which  he  had  written 
for  her,  and  then  we  spoke  a  dialogue. 

March  8. — The  children  were  all  well  after  the  spin- 
ning-day. 

A'piil  6. — Miss displeased  her  tutoress,  and  in 

the  evening  had  to  sit  on  the  unfriendly  bench. 

April  10. — Good  Friday  being  the  day  on  which  we 
in  a  particular  manner  remember  the  crucifixion  of  our 
Saviour,  there  were  very  solemn  meetings,  in  which 
the  history  of  this  great  event  was  read,  and  I  believe 
not  one  of  us  remained  without  a  deep  impression  of 
the  sufferings  and  death  of  our  Saviour  in  her  heart. 
In  the  evening  our  tutoresses  opened  us  texts  in  the 
Bible,  and  to  our  great  joy  we  all  got  promising 
ones. 

31ay  17. — In  the  afternoon  we  heard  a  wagon  had 
arrived  with  seven  children  for  om'  school. 

May  23. — In  the  morning  Mrs.  Hiibener  and  one  of 
our  tutoresses,  with  five  of  the  •  children,  took  a  ride  to 
Nazareth.  At  nine  o'clock  we  heard  of  the  arrival  of 
eight  new  scholars.     In  the  afternoon  our  ladies  took 


the  leisure  time.  The  little  visitor,  among  other  acts  of  kindness, 
was  sure  to  be  regaled  with  a  cup  of  fragrant  coffee  and  a  sugar- 
cake  fresh  from  the  bakery. 


BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR.  71 

them  Tvith  us  a  walk  on  the  Nazareth  road,  in  order  to 
make  Mrs,  H.  an  agreeable  surprise.  We  had  not  gone 
far  before  the  wagon  came  in  sight,  and  the  ladies 
ordered  us  to  stand  on  one  side  of  the  road  and  the 
new  misses  on  the  other.  Sister  H.  and  her  company 
were  astonished  and  rejoiced. 
Saturday/,  June  6. — 

I've  to-day  not  much  inclination  for  rhyme, 
As  mending  and  darning  take  up  all  my  time. 

June  14. — Miss  Moncrieff  was  unexpectedly  happified 
by  the  news  of  her  mamma's  arrival  in  town. 

June  20. — After  two  o'clock  the  inhabitants  of  the 
house,  great  and  small,  went  to  a  plantation  over  the 
Lehigh,  about  two  miles  from  Bethlehem,  to  pick  straw- 
berries. 

July  10. — Mr.  Glrube  being  from  home,  we  had  no 
singing-school.  Dming  the  hour  Sister  Sulamith  en- 
tertained us  sweetly  with  her  guitar.  The  new  spinet 
arrived  safely  from  Philadelphia,  and  misses  from  the 
first  and  second  rooms  went  to  Mr.  Hiibener's  to  see 
and  hear  it. 

JuIt/  11. — In  the  morning  had  visitors.  In  the  after- 
noon took  a  pleasant  walk  over  the  Lehigh  Mountain  to 
Omensetter's,  where  we  were  permitted  to  strip  the 
cherry-trees  of  their  relish.  Found  raspberries  plenty. 
Visited  also  at  Huber's.  On  our  arrival  home  we  heard 
that  Polly  Owings  was  very  sick,  which  proved  sorrow- 
ful news. 

Augiid  7. — Captain  Stone,  of  Baltimore,  visited  us, 


72  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

and  was  much  pleased.  We  played  on  the  spinet  and 
guitar  for  him.  He  was  resolved  on  carrying  away  our 
Patty  to-morrow.  What  a  sorrowful  parting  between 
a  dear  companion  and  a  dear  school!  In  the  after- 
noon we  made  a  little  parting  love-feast  for  our  Patty, 
whereby  all  hearts  melted  at  the  thought  of  her  so 
soon  leaving  us. 

August  8. — We  had  a  sad  forenoon.  After  dinner  we 
received  a  last  kiss  from  our  dear  Patty  Stone.  Some  of 
us  attended  her  to  the  tavern/  and  we  accompanied  her 
as  far  as  the  Lehigh  on  her  journey  home. 

^  The  allusion  here  is  to  the  old  building  of  the  present  Sun 
Hotel.  In  July,  1754,  the  expediency  of  erecting  a  house  of  enter- 
tainment for  travellers  on  this  side  of  the  river  was  considered,  and 
the  spot  on  which  the  "  Sun"  now  stands  selected,  as  being  out  of  the 
limits  of  the  settlement.  This  was  on  the  eve  of  the  outbreak  of  hos- 
tilities between  the  English  and  the  French  of  Canada,  aided  by  In- 
dian allies.  From  the  Lakes  and  the  western  borders  the  seat  of  war 
was  transferred  for  a  time  to  the  colony  of  Pennsylvania,  and  Bethle- 
hem, situated  on  the  outskirts  of  civilization,  became  signally  endan- 
gered in  the  years  1755  and  '56.  Its  buildings  were  threatened  with 
fire  and  its  inhabitants  with  the  tomahawk  and  knife  of  bloodthirsty 
savages.  The  home  of  the  peaceful  missionary  was  palisaded,  and 
within  its  bulwarks  the  panic-stricken  neighborhood  found  a  secure 
asylum.  For  six  years  the  Brethren  were  crippled  in  their  mis- 
sionary work.  Their  temporal  losses,  also,  were  severe, — well-culti- 
vated farms  being  devastated,  buildings  burned,  and  cattle  driven 
away.  Improvements  in  their  settlements  were  interrupted,  and  the 
public  house  at  Bethlehem,  projected  in  1754,  was  not  completed 
till  1758.  Up  to  this  time,  passing  travellers  had  been  entertained 
at  the  ''Crown,"  on  the  other  side  of  the  river.  There  were  many 
inconveniences,  however,  attendant  on  its  use  as  an  inn.  Those 
who  entered  Bethlehem  from  above  had  to  be  ferried  over  at  all 
hours,  in  bad  weather,  and  at  night :  this  was  no  trifling  addition  to 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  73 

August  13. — 

Wheu  wc  came  home  the  clock  struck  six, 

And  we  for  supper  did  us  fix, 

Consisting  of  fine  apple-pie 

And  milk;  then  meeting-hour  drew  nigh 

Which  our  dear  Mr.  Hiibener  kept, — 

Then  went  to  bed  and  soundly  slept. 
August  14. — 

This  morning  rose  quite  fresh  and  gay, 
And  offer'd  up  our  humble  lay; 
Our  several  schools  we  did  attend, 
Our  minds  and  knowledge  thus  to  mend. 
By  New  York  friends  were  visited, 
Who  pleased  were, — (for  so  they  said,) 
They  kindly  offer'd  us  their  aid 
To  take  home  letters  all  unpaid. 


the  fatigues  of  a  journey.  The  "Crown,"  built  in  1743,  is  yet 
in  existence.  It  is  the  old  farm-house  on  the  rising  ground 
a  few  rods  east  of  the  Lehigh  bridge,  on  the  south  bank  of  the 
river.  In  the  days  of  loyalty  to  the  house  of  Brunswick  it  bore 
the  crown  of  Greorge  II.  on  the  panel  over  the  south  door,  the  main 
entrance  to  this  humble  hostelry.  Here  the  horseman,  emerging 
from  miles  of  lonely  forest,  would  rein  up  his  beast  and  enjoy  the 
frugal  hospitality  of  the  house ;  a  breakfast  of  tea  or  coff"ee  at  four- 
pence,  dinner  at  six-pence,  with  a  pint  of  beer,  eight-pence;  supper 
at  four-pence,  or,  if  hot,  six-pence;  lodgings  at  two-pence;  night's 
hay  and  oats  for  his  horse  at  twelve-pence.  On  the  completion  of 
the  bridge  across  the  Lehigh  in  1794,  the  "Crown"  was  converted 
into  a  farm-house.  It  was  inhabited  for  a  number  of  years  by  the 
Fuerer  fiimily,  latterly  by  Mr.  D.  Desh,  and  not  long  since  passed 
into  the  hands  of  the  North  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  with 
the  adjacent  tract.     The  old  building  is  soon  to  be  removed. 

The  ferry  across  the  Lehigh,  as  well  as  the  public  houses  just 
noticed,  was  also  a  concern  conducted  on  account  of  the  settlement. 
It  was  opened  in  1743,  a  short  distance  abov.e  the  present  bridge. 
On  the  11th  of  March  the  same  year,  the  large  flat  built  in  the 
workshops  of  the  village  was  conveyed  to  the  river,  drawn  by  a  team 
of  eight  horses. 


74  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

August  16. — 

This  day,  as  usual,  it  was  spent 

In  mending  of  the  clothes  we  rent; 

In  several  ways  we  were  amused, 

From  writing  all  which  I'm  excused. 

My  head  this  week  with  this  and  that  was  full : 

Please  to  excuse  the  journal.     Hetty  Bull. 

Note. — The  17th  of  August  is  a  day  set  apart  in  the  Brethren's 
Church  for  the  religious  improvement  of  her  children,  it  being  the 
anniversary  of  an  especial  season  of  grace  enjoyed  by  that  portion 
of  her  congregation  in  the  year  1727.  To  keep  alive  the  memory 
of  this  event,  its  anniversary  has  been  fixed  on  as  the  day  on  which 
the  children  are  presented  in  a  body,  or  as  a  *' choir,"  to  the  favor 
and  keeping  of  the  Good  Shepherd.  ''  On  the  day  previous  to  the 
'  Children's  Festival,' "  says  a  Diary  of  the  year  1789,  ''  a  writing 
was  handed  to  the  minister  of  the  congregation  from  the  older 
scholars  of  the  Seminary,  in  which  they  asked  leave  to  participate 
in  the  solemnities  of  the  coming  morrow  with  the  rest  of  their 
companions.  They  expressed  themselves  in  part  thus: — 'As  our 
dear  Saviour  while  on  earth  was  pleased  to  bless  children  in  an 
especial  manner,  he  certainly  will  not  refuse  to  bless  us  too  on  this 
happy  day.  We  ask  permission,  therefore,  to  be  allowed  to  celebrate 
this  festival  along  with  the  children  of  your  church,  and  to  wear  the 
ribbon  in  our  caps  which  they  wear  on  the  occasion,  although  we 
have  passed  the  years  of  childhood.'  "  The  school-journal  continues: — 

August  17. — Early  in  the  morning  we  were  awakened 
by  the  sound  of  the  guitar,  accompanied  by  the  voices 
of  our  tutoresses,  singing  congratulatory  hymns  on  the 
dawn  of  this  festive  day.  At  six  the  trombonists 
from  the  balcony  of  the  Brethren's  House  proclaimed 
our  festival.  At  seven  we  assembled  in  the  hall  for 
morning  prayer,  which  was  kept  by  Brother  Hlibener. 
All  of  us  were  dressed  in  white,  with  pink  ribbons  in 
our  caps.  At  nine  we  met  again  in  the  children's 
meeting.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Attwood  and  company  were 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  75 

present,  and  seemed  both  delighted  and  affected.  After 
this  we  were  divided  into  classes,  from  the  youngest 
to  the  oldest.  The  youngest,  accompanied  by  Sister 
Marshall  and  their  tutoresses,  led  the  procession  into 
the  meeting-house,  where  we  found  all  the  worthy 
ministers  and  their  ladies  assembled,  ready  to  congratu- 
late us.  The  oldest  pupils  entered  last.  At  twelve 
o'clock  we  repaired  to  our  dining-room,  where  we  found 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hiibener,  the  Sisters  Marshall,  Lewis,  and 
Lunke,  already  seated.  Their  company  was  a  great 
honor  to  us.  Mr.  Hiibener  sang  a  verse  before  and 
after  the  meal.  We  had  an  excellent  dinner,  and  after 
it  walked  in  the  garden.  At  two  o'clock  the  trombones 
summoned  us  to  love-feast,  which  was  opened  with  the 
hymn  "The  Lord  my  faithful  Shepherd  is."  Cakes 
and  coffee  were  handed  around:  the  choir  sang  de- 
lightfully, and  w^e  joined  in  the  antiphon.  After  this 
we  had  another  meeting,  in  which  our  dear  Inspector 
spoke  on  the  words,  "  Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto 
me,  and  forbid  them  not ;  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of 
heaven."  When  this  was  ended,  we  walked  with  our 
tutoresses  around  town,  amid  the  sound  of  trombones 
from  the  balcony  of  the  Brethren's  House.  There 
were  eighty-eight  of  us, — all  dressed  in  white  and 
walking  two-and-two.  In  the  evening  we  attended 
the  meeting  for  the  whole  congregation.  Mr.  Hiibener, 
after  a  discourse,  recommended  us  to  the  prayers  of 
those  present,  who  joined  in  singing  verses  for  us.  We 
w^ent  to  bed  this  evening  unspeakably  happy. 


76  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Oct.  8. — We  took  a  walk  to  Mr.  Culver's  to  inquire 
whether  he  could  spare  us  some  cream  for  our  love- 
feast  on  Saturday. 

Oct.  9. — Were  very  busy  in  painting  and  working 
tambour  and  embroidery  to  have  in  readiness  by  the 
examination. 

Oct.  10. — To-day  we  were  examined  in  our  several 
studies.  At  eight  a.m.,  the  misses,  with  their  tutor- 
esses, assembled  in  the  hall.  The  former  were  seated 
in  the  form  of  a  half-moon,  and  were  mostly  dressed 
in  white.  We  opened  with  a  dialogue,  those  engaged 
standing  in  a  ring  before  the  others.  We  then  read 
English  and  were  examined  in  ciphering,  and  the  first 
class  in  book-keeping.  At  one  p.m.,  we  read  German. 
During  the  love-feast,  at  two  o'clock,  some  of  the 
misses  entertained  us  with  the  guitar  and  singing. 
Our  writing-books,  and  also  drawings  and  paintmgs, 
were  shown  to  the  guests. 

Oct.  31. — To-day  we  took  a  long  walk.  We  met 
several  neighbors  on  the  road,  who  saluted  us  kindly. 
On  the  other  side  of  the  mountain  a  man  and  two 
women  came  up  to  us  and  questioned  us  about  the 
road  to  Durham  Furnace.  We  were  sorry  that  we 
could  not  give  them  full  satisfaction.  They  seemed 
curious  to  know  who  we  were,  and  asked  us  where  we 
came  from.  We  answered.  From  Bethlehem.  Why 
we  came  here?  On  a  walk  for  pleasure.  Whether 
we  belonged  to  the  nunnery  at  Bethlehem?  We 
never  had  heard  of  one  at  Bethlehem.     Not?     Why, 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  7f 

we  all  were  Protestants.  Where,  then,  the  nunnery 
was?  We  had  heard  of  several  in  Europe  and  in 
countries  where  Roman  Catholics  lived.  We  then 
walked  to  a  place  called  the  "Hermitage,"  where  are 
the  remains  of  an  old  cabin  and  twelve  apple-trees. 

JV^ov.  4. — In  the  morning  Mr.  Hiibener  kept  us 
astronomical  school,  and  explained  the  cause  of  the 
planet  Mercury's  crossing  the  sun. 
.  JVov.  0. — In  the  morning,  on  rising,  we  were  disap- 
pointed at  finding  it  cloudy;  but  soon  after  it  cleared. 
We  took  pieces  of  glass  and  smoked  them  over  a 
candle.  They  gave  us  a  clear  view  of  the  sun's  disk, 
but  the  planet  was  not  to  be  seen. 

JYov.  18. — In  history-school,  Miss behaved  so 

badly  that  it  caused  great  grief  in  the  house.  In  the 
afternoon  she  wrote  a  letter  to  her  tutoresses  and  the 
misses,  which  was  communicated  to  us,  and  we  all 
heartily  forgave  her. 

JYov.  22. — Brother  Hiibener  informed  us  that  we 
should  keep  next  Thursday  a  day  of  thanksgiving,  as 
ordered  by  our  beloved  President,  George  Washington. 

Nov.  28. — In  the  evening  we  read  from  the  "Uni- 
versal Magazine."  Afterwards  sang  Christmas  hymns, 
and  then  went  to  bed. 

Dec.  4. — In  the  afternoon  took  a  long  walk,  and 
gathered  moss  and  greens  for  our  Christmas  decoration. 

In  the  spring  of  1789,  arrangements  were  made  in 
the  house  for  the  accommodation  of  a  larger  number 


78  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

of  pupils  than  hitherto.  With  the  commencement  of 
the  annual  session  in  the  latter  part  of  May,  the  addi- 
tional rooms  were  already  well  filled.  Applications 
and  admissions  continuing  to  increase,  and  with  en- 
couraging prospects  in  every  way  for  the  future,  the 
Principal  suggested  to  the  Trustees  the  expediency  of 
erecting  an  additional  building  at  an  early  day.  The 
project  was  favorably  entertained,  and  in  August  its 
speedy  execution  finally  agreed  on.  A  site  was  forth- . 
with  selected  on  the  declivity  to  the  rear  of  the  old 
house,  where  stood  a  row  of  favorite  apple-trees. 
These  had  to  be  sacrificed,  to  the  regret  of  the  girls, 
who  were  wont  to  look  to  them  for  their  winter's  sup- 
ply. Stones  and  timbers  were  brought  together  on 
the  spot,  and  such  other  preparations  made  in  the 
autumn  as  would  aid  in  expediting  the  erection  of  the 
building  in  the  following  season.  That  the  project 
was  not  premature  appears  from  the  fact  that  at  the 
close  of  the  year  the  number  of  pupils  had  increased 
to  sixty-six,  and  several  applicants  had  been  refused 
admission  owing  to  the  crowded  condition  of  the 
dwelling. 

In  January,  1790,  Brother  Htibener  resigned  his 
charge  of  the  Seminary,  agreeably  to  an  appointment 
which  called  him  to  the  Brethren's  congregation  of 
Litiz,  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania.  Before  his 
removal  thither,  in  May  following,  he  was  consecrated 
a  bishop. 

In  1800  he  left  America  for  Germany,  where  he 


UETHLEllEM    SOUVENIR.  T9 

took  his  seat  in  the  Unity  Elders'  Conference,  in  the 
deliberations  of  which  body  he  participated  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  1809. 

Brother  Hiibener's  four  years'  labors  in  the  infant 
institution  which  had  been  founded  under  his  imme- 
diate auspices  were  crowned  with  success  beyond  his 
or  the  Brethren's  anticipations.     Amid  the  duties  of 
his  ministry  he  found  time  to  devote  himself  effect- 
ively to  the  interests  of  his  additional  charge.    While 
by  strict   and  prudent  economy  he  succeeded,  with 
God's  blessing,  in  establishing  the  school  on  a  perma- 
nent basis,  he  strove  to  render  it  worthy  the  confidence 
of  a  generous  public,  by  affording  the  pupils  every 
means  of  improvement, — giving  them  in  care  of  teach- 
ers who  profited  by  his  personal  instruction  and  his 
example,  and  who,  on  entering  the  institution,  were 
reminded  of  their  privilege  in  being  called  to  aid  in 
training    youth   in   the    nurture   and    admonition   of 
the  Lord.     To  his  pupils  he  was  endeared  by  acts 
of  paternal  kindness;   and  their  last  tribute  of  affec- 
tion, when,  on  his   departure  from  Bethlehem,  they 
accompanied  the  carriage  down  to  the  ferry,  invoking 
in  song  the  blessing  of  Heaven  on  the  friend  from 
whom  they  were  about  to  part,  must  well  have  repaid 
him  for  the  past  years  of  care  and  anxiety  in  his  ardu- 
ous and  responsible  situation.     Seventy  pupils  entered 
the  Seminary  during  his  administration.     Of  these,  the 
cities  of  New  York  and  Baltimore  contributed  the  ma- 
jority.     Seven  of  the  then  thirteen   States  of  the 


80-  bethlehe:\[  souvenir. 

Union  had  youthful  representatives  in  the  school  at 
"Bethlehem, — viz. :  New  York,  Maryland,  Pennsylvania, 
New  Jersey,  Rhode  Island,  Connecticut,  and  South 
Carolina.  Their  acquaintance  with  the  Brethren's  mis- 
sionaries among  the  slaves  induced  wealthy  planters 
of  the  West  India  Islands  to  send  their  daughters  from 
home  to  be  educated  in  Moravian  seminaries;  and 
during  Brother  Hiibener's  term'  of  inspection  several 
young  ladies  were  received  into  the  school  from  the 
three  islands  St.  Jan,  St.  Croix,  and  St.  Thomas.  The 
first'  of  these  was  Miss  Peggy  Vriehuis,^  of  St  .Jan, 


^  The  following  letter,  latel}"^  written  by  her,  is  reprinted  from 
the  "  Moravian"  of  September  4,  1857  : — 

Messrs.  Editors  : — In  reading  your  valuable  paper,  I  was  much 
interested  and  gratified  with  the  account  you  give,  under  the  head- 
ing "  Moravian,"  July  the  9th,  of  "Occasion  and  reminiscences  of 
the  relaying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  ancient  school  at  Beth- 
lehem," at  which  many,  and  of  various  denominations,  have  re- 
ceived their  education.  Among  that  number  I  humbly  claim  a 
place.  I  was  present  when  the  same  ceremonies  were  performed  in 
laying  the  corner-stone  of  the  old  house.  I  was  about  eleven  years 
old,  and  had  been  a  pupil  nearly  three  years.  Through  the  kind 
providence  of  God,  my  dear  and  esteemed  father  was  informed,  by 
the  brethren  who  resided  in  our  island,  (St.  John's,  D.  W.  I.,)  of 
the  establishment  of  their  school.  Not  having  any  schools  in  our 
island  for  girls,  my  father  felt  very  anxious  to  send  me.  It  was  a 
step  that  required  deep  consideration.  I  was  their  only  child,  and 
quite  too  young  to  send  abroad  far  away  over  the  seas.  But  faith 
triumphed,  and  in  faith  I  was  sent,  at  the  age  of  eight  years,  to  a 
strange  land,  among  strangers.  But  the  Lord  raised  friends,  and  I 
found  kind  and  tender  friends  who  took  charge  of  me  and  loved 
me.  I  never  regretted  that  my  father  took  that  step.  I  have 
often  blessed  his  memory  for  doing  so.  When  I  arrived  in  Phila- 
delphia, I  was  placed  under  the  guardianship  of  Mr.  Godfrey  Haga, 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  81 

who  came  in  July,  1787.  She  Avas  a  child  of  tender 
years,  scarcely  of  the  age  of  eight,  and  had  been  in- 
trusted by  her  parents  to  a  faithful  negi'ess,^  who  not 

— well  known,  and  esteemed  very  highly  among  his  brethren.  He 
was  a  kind  friend  and  father  to  me  while  I  remained  at  school. 
Brother  Hiibener  was  inspector  the  first  years  I  was  at  school,  but 
the  latter  years  Brother  Jacob  Van  Vleck. 

Most  happy  would  I  have  been  to  be  present  at  this  second  cele- 
bration. May  the  blessing  of  God  our  Father  rest  upon  the  school 
and  all  concerned  with  it !  May  the  scholars  who  in  following 
years  shall  be  instructed  there  not  only  learn  the  things  pertaining 
to  this  life,  but  may  they  all  be  taught  the  knowledge  of  Him  who 
is  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the  life. 

Bethlehem !  thou  art  still  dear  to  me.  How  many  sweet  associa- 
tions cluster  round  thy  name  I  A  few  persons  may,  perhaps,  still 
remember  me.  My  husband  and  myself  visited  Nazareth  for  the 
purpose  of  placing  our  three  oldest  sons  at  school  there, — I  think 
it  was  in  the  year  1805  or  '6.  The  same  summer  we  spent  at 
Bethlehem.  There  I  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  with  Old  Daddy 
Thomas,  as  the  scholars  used  familiarly  to  call  him.  He  remem- 
bered me  as  soon  as  I  mentioned  my  maiden  name,  and  gave  me 
a  very  hearty  welcome. 

But  I  am  trespassing  too  largely  on  your  time.  Please  to  excuse 
the  liberty  I  have  taken  in  thus  intruding  myself  upon  your  notice. 
I  was  led  to  do  it  by  reading,  in  the  account  of  the  relaying  of  the 
corner-stone,  that  there  were  a  few  persons  still  living  who  were 
present  at  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  former  house. 
Will  you,  gentlemen,  permit  me  further  to  trouble  you  by  request- 
ing you  to  forward  to  the  brethren  at  Bethlehem  this  intelligence '( 

In  the  writer  of  these  lines,  I  introduce  myself  as  the  little  girl 
sent  from  St.  John's, — Margaret  C.  Vriehuis. 

With  the  best  wishes  for  your  welfare,  here  and  hereafter,  I  am, 
with  much  esteem,  gentlemen,  your  sincere  friend,      M.  C.  V.  K. 

MoNGAUP  Valley,  August  10,  1857. 

^  Nurse  Mintji  had  an  apartment  provided  her  next  the  school- 
room.    Long  after  her  return  to  her  master's  plantation,  it  bore  the 

6 


82  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

only  made  the  long  voyage  with  her  mistress,  but 
also  remained  at  Bethlehem  until  the  latter  had  be- 
come reconciled  to  strange  faces  and  her  new  home. 
Miss  Vriehuis  was  soon  followed  by  others,  who  for  a 
season  exchanged  the  equable  temperature  of  the 
tropics  for  the  vicissitudes  of  the  Pennsylvania  clim- 
ate. Some  of  this  number  have  at  all  times  been  in- 
mates of  the  school,  tender  exotics  who  need  careful 
shelter  from  the  rude  blasts  of  the  North,  and  to  whom 
the  novelties  of  a  winter,  with  its  sudden  treasures  of 
snow  and  ice,  furnish  a  source  of  delight  than  which 
perhaps  none  greater  was  ever  conjured  up  by  the 
magic  wand  of  the  enchanter  in  Oriental  story. 

The  few  survivors  of  this  first  inspectorship  speak 
rapturously  in  its  praise,  and  revert  to  it  with  feelings 
of  exquisite  pleasure,  telling  us  it  was  a  time  of  purest 
enjoyment,  when  religion  sanctified  their  humble  ef- 
forts in  search  of  knowledge,  and  innocence  lent  a 
charm  to  their  hours  of  harmless  healthful  recreation. 
They  tell  us  they  were  taught  to  esteem  industry  as 
honorable,  to  prefer  simplicity  to  ostentation,  and  in 
early  youth  to  seek  for  happiness  elsewhere  than  in 

name  of  "Mintji's  room."  Here  she  was  wont  to  sit  on  her  high- 
backed  chair,  her  head  turbaned  with  a  gay  cotton  kerchief,  plying 
her  needle  as  she  prepared  the  warm  clothing  for  her  little  mistress 
in  prospect  of  the  coming  winter.  In  October  she  returned  to  the 
West  Indies.  Miss  Peggy  came  well  provided  with  the  delicacies 
of  her  tropical  home, — among  these  a  barrel  of  sugar,  sweetmeats, 
and  forty  cocoanuts, — gifts  from  parting  friends,  doubtless  given 
in  the  hope  of  reconciling  her  to  so  distant  and  long  a  separation 
from  father  and  mother,  and  soothing  the  sorrows  of  the  last  adieu. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  83 

the  gratification  afforded  by  the  perishable  things  of 
the  passing  hour.  Granting  their  review  is  biassed  by 
the  fondness  of  old  nge,  vs^hich  clings  with  tenacity  to 
the  recollections  of  childhood,  coloring  the  vi^Mdly 
returning  scenes  with  hues  brilliant  as  those  that  deck 
the  gorgeous  sunset  clouds,  yet  we  are  constrained 
to  believe  that  happiness  such  as  fell  to  their  lot  could 
not  be  purchased  in  our  own  day  at  so  trifling  a 
cost. 

Brother  Jacob  Van  Vleck,  assistant  pastor  of  the 
congregation,  succeeded  Brother  Hlibener  in  the  in- 
spection of  the  Seminary  in  January,  1790.  On  the 
17th  of  the  month  he  was  welcomed  by  the  pupils  in 
a  love-feast  according  to  the  custom  of  the  time ;  and 
on  the  same  occasion  his  predecessor  formally  resigned 
his  charge.  The  following  circular  was  now  issued  by 
the  new  Principal : — 

Conditions  of  the  Boarding-School  in  Bethlehem  for  the 
Education  of  Young  Misses. 

Children  are  admitted  between  the  ages  of  eight 
and  twelve  years,  and  may  remain  at  school,  if  parents 
desire,  to  the  age  of  sixteen,  unless  their  deportment 
should  be  such  as  not  to  admit  of  their  longer  continu- 
ance. Every  possible  attention  will  be  paid  to  the 
health  and  morals  of  the  children.  On  admittance, 
one  guinea  entrance-money  is  to  be  paid. 

The  price  of  boarding  and  common  schooling  is 
£20,  Pennsylvania  currency,  per  year,  payment  to  be 


84  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

made  at  entrance  quarterly  in  advance,  and  so  con- 
tinued. 

Under  common  schooling  are  comprised  reading, 
writing,  grammar,  history,  geography,  arithmetic,  plain 
sewing,  and  knitting. 

For  instruction  in  music,  if  desired,  two  guineas  per 
year  is  charged. 

For  instruction  in  fine  needlework,  including  draw- 
ing, also  two  guineas  per  year. 

Clothing,  medicine,  books,  paper,  and  other  contin- 
gent expenses,  are  a  separate  charge,  and  to  be  settled 
quarterly.  In  bedding  they  may  be  found  for  twenty 
shillings  per  year.  The  dress  is  to  be  decent,  avoid- 
ing excess  and  vanity. 

It  is  desired  that  such  as  are  applied  for  should 
have  had  the  measles  and  smallpox. 

Application,  informing  him  of  the  age  and  character 
of  the  child,  to  be  made  in  writing  to  the 

Rev.  Jacob  Van  Vleck. 

P.S. — As  many  parents  and  guardians  have  signified 
their  desire  that  their  children  might  also  be  taught 
the  French  language,  we  have  now  the  pleasure  to  in- 
form them  that  a  lady^  well  versed  in  this  language  has 
arrived  from  Europe,  with  the  intention  to  give  lessons 
in  the  same.     As  the  maintenance  of  said  lady,  as 

*  Miss  Maria  de  la  Fontaine,  who  came  to  America  late  in  1789  in 
company  with  the  Brethren  Ettwein,  Van  Yleck,  and  others,  on 
their  return  from  the  General  Synod  at  Hernnhut. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  85 

well  as  the  expenses  of  her  voyage  and  journey  from 
Europe,  will  fall  upon  the  school,  we  trust  it  will  not 
be  deemed  unreasonable  that  an  extra  charge  of  five 
Spanish  dollars  per  annum  should  be  made  for  instruc- 
tion in  French. 

At  the  close  of  schools  in  April  of  this  year,  among 
other  exercises,  original  compositions  in  prose  and 
verse  were  recited  by  nine  of  the  pupils.  A  few 
extracts  are  subjoined. 

JANE  WALSH. 

As  some  of  my  companions  have  attempted  compositions  on  divers 
themes,  which  they  intend  to  speak  before  this  worthy  audience,  I 
will,  in  the  name  of  all,  commend  them  to  the  indulgent  ear  of 
those  who  are  so  good  as  to  honor  us  with  their  presence. 

ELIZABETH   CHESTER. 

'Tis  sweet  Contentment  sings  my  humble  muse, 

Aid  me,  celestial  flame,  thy  charms  diffuse  ! 

This  virtue  is  the  calmer  of  the  mind, 

Softens  our  reason,  and  our  sense  refines, 

A  mind  resign'd  and  cheerful  is  the  best, 

We  then  shall  in  this  world  find  peace  and  rest. 

The  peasant's  happier  in  his  humble  cell 

If  sweet  content  does  in  his  bosom  dwell, 

Than  all  the  riches  India  can  cement, 

If  they're  not  heighten'd  by  a  sweet  content. 

Ask  not  of  Heaven  more  than  he  does  bestow, 

But  think  the  Sovereign  Lord  of  all  does  know 

How  to  dispense  his  gifts  with  liberal  hand, 

Which  o'er  the  universe  he  does  expand. 

This  worthy  audience  will  excuse 

The  feeble  efforts  of  my  childlike  muse. 

I  know  with  truth  that  goodness  e'er  befriends 

The  first  attempt  of  early  youth  to  mend. 


86  BETHLEHEM    SOUVEISIR. 

HETTY  M.  BULL. 

How  beautiful  the  landscape  which  nature  presents  to  our  view  thi.s 
delightful  season  !  I  think  we  can  never  tire  of  contemplating  its 
beauties.  It  reminds  us  of  that  great  Being  whose  divine  goodness 
has  created  all  that  is  desirable  to  contribute  to  our  happiness. 

The  primrose  and  the  violet's  hue, 

The  rose  just  opening  fair  to  view, 

The  lily's  modest  bending  head. 

Which  seems  not  in  the  art  of  vices  read, — 

The  yellow  cowslip  and  the  blooming  field, — 

Whene'er  we're  melancholy,  pleasure  yield  ; 

The  little  warblers'  cheerful  lay 

Invites  us  each  to  be  serenely  gay. 

The  trees  in  lively  colors  bloom. 

And  with  their  sweets  the  country  round  perfume. 

The  sportive  lambs  their  gambols  play, 

And  join  the  songsters'  lively  lay. 

Each  object  new  and  pleasing  still  appears. 

And  various  charms  enrapturing  always  cheer. 

This  honorable  audience  will  excuse 

My  humble,  my  imperfect  muse  : 

My  feeble  efforts  them  to  please 

Most  willingly  produced  these. 

HELENA    M.  KIP. 

Fain  would  my  muse  in  rapturous  strains  indite, 
Or  sing  of  art  and  science  which  invite  ! 
A  nobler  genius  occupies  that  theme ; 
Thales  first  explored  astronomy  supreme. 
Athens,  that  seat  of  learning  most  refined, 
Produced  ^schylus,  whose  fine  writings  rhymed. 
Anaximander's  merits  claim  our  praise. 
His  name  forever  shall  our  annals  grace. 
Of  Webster^  sure  each  one  can  say  with  truth. 
That  he's  a  friend  and  generous  guide  of  youth. 
To  him  we  owe  our  knowledge  of  good  style. 
And  those  amusements  which  our  hours  beguile. 


Noah  Webster,  whose  spelling-book  was  then  universally  in  use. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIU.  87 

In  what  retreat,  inglorious  and  unknown, 
Did  Genius  sleep  when  Ignorance  seized  the  throne  ? 
In  our  time's  we're  favored  with  good  schools  : 
We're  taught  geography  and  grammar  rules. 
Should  we  not  then  improve  our  talents  well, 
And  each  be  striving  always  to  excel  ? 

As  the  work  at  the  new  building  had  been  resumed 
with  the  return  of  spring,  and  the  foundation-walls 
were  now  completed,  Sunday,  the  2d  of  May,  was 
designated   for   the    solemnities    of   the    corner-stone 

laying. 

At  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  day  ap- 
pointed the  pupils  and  congregation  assembled  in  the 
chapel,  where  they  were  addressed  by  Brother  Illibe- 
ner^  in  reference  to  the  interesting  transaction  in  view. 
He  next  read  the  subjoined  document,  and  the  com- 
pany repaired  to  the  site  of  the  new  building.  The 
Elders'  Conference  and  College  of  Overseers,  along 
with  the  pupils  and  children  of  the  congregation, 
ascended  the  mound  of  earth  which  had  been  exca- 
vated, and  the  rest  of  the  spectators  arranged  them- 
selves in  a  semicircle  in  the  rear. 

After  the  singing  of  German  and  English  hymns 
to  the  accompaniment  of  musical  instruments,  the  Prin- 
cipal placed  a  box,  containing  the  inscription  and 
records  of  the  school,  within  the  corner-stone.  The 
ceremonies  being  concluded.  Brother  Hiibener  implored 
God's  blessing  on  the  undertaking  and  expressed  the 

^  Brother  Hiibener  had  been  consecrated  bishop  on  the  11th  of 
April,  and  as  such  presided  at  the  ceremonies  of  the  occasion. 


88  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

hope  that  its  accomplishment  might  redound  to  his 
glory  in  the  salvation  of  many  youthful  souls. 

COPY  OF  THE  INSCRIPTION  AND  RECORD  DEPOSITED  IN  THE 
CORNER-STONE  IN  THE  SOUTHWEST  ANGLE  OP  THE  NEW 
SCHOOL-BUILDING,  MaY   2,  1790.^ 

In  the  Name  of  our  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST, 

who  willeth  that  the  children  should  come  to  Him, 

and  be  brought  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition 

of  Him, 

with  the  approbation  of  the  Reverend  the 

Directors  of  this  and  all  other  Brethren's  Congregations 

in  Pennsylvania  and  adjacent  States, 

with  the  benediction  and  concurrence  of  the 

Reverend  the  Directors  of  the  Unitas  Fratrum, 

and  with  the  blessing  and  prayers  of  the  whole  congregation 

of  this  place ; 

(in  order  to  enlarge  the  Girls'  Boarding  School 

instituted  in  this  place  in  the  year  1785, 

and  which  within  5  years  increased  so  much 

that  the  present  number  of  pupils  amounts  to  69.) 

In  full  reliance  and  confidence  that  this 

undertaking  will  be  graciously  owned  and  prospered 

by  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 

the  great  Friend  of  Children, 

by  His  and  our  dear  Father  in  Heaven, 

and  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 

The  Foundation  Stone  of  this  Building 

is  laid, 


^  This  building  was  a  stone  structure,  fifty-two  by  forty  feet, 
crowned  by  a  heavy  trip-roof,  whose  lower  pitch,  overhanging  the 
eaves  almost  vertically,  gave  the  building  on  the  north  side,  where 
it  was  of  one  story  only,  an  air  of  uncommon  strength  and  solidity. 
In  1815,  it  was  vacated  by  the  Seminary  and  let  for  family  resi- 
dences. In  the  early  part  of  this  year  (1857)  it  was  removed  for 
the  purpose  of  erecting  on  its  site  a  building  for  a  day-school  of  the 
children  of  the  Moravian  congregation.     The  laborers,  when  tearing 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  89 

Bethlehem,  the  2d  day  of  iMay,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety. 

The  dally  word  of  the  congregation  is  : 

"  Unto  the  upright  there  arises  light  in  the  darkness. 

He  is  gracious  &  full  of  compassion  &  righteous."    Ps.  112.  4. 

What  splendid  rays  of  truth  and  grace, 

All  other  light  excelling, 
I  perceive  when  Jesus  Christ 

Makes  my  heart  his  dwelling.  No.  375 — 1. 
The  Institution  of  the  Boarding-School  for  the  education  of  girls 
of  different  ages  from  other  parts,  in  combination  with  the  then 
existing  Girls'  CKconomy  and  Town  School,  was  resolved  on  in  the 
General  Helpere'  Conference  on  the  2d  day  of  March,  in  the  year 
1785,  in  the  presence  of  the  Reverend  Bishop  of  the  Brethren's 
Church,  Johannes  de  Watteville,  then  on  a  visit  to  the  Brethren's 
cono-regations  in  North  America,  at  the  same  time  when  the  insti- 
tutino-  of  a  Ptedagogium  in  Nazereth  Hall  was  concluded  upon. 

In  May,  1786,  the  first  child  from  other  parts,  viz.  :  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Bedell,  from  Staten  Island,  came  into  this  school,  and  in  May, 
1787,  Miss  Aurelia  Louisa  Blakely,  of  Baltimore,  arrived  here,  and 
was  followed  in  the  same  year  by  five  others  from  Baltimore,  one 
from  St.  Jan,  and  two  from  St.  Croix;  so  that,  at  the  end  of 
the  year  1787,  the  (Economy  consisted  of  fifteen  children,  who,  to- 
gether with  the  Town  School,  were  under  the  care  of  four  Sisters. 
In  the  year  1788,  eleven  in  number  from  Baltimore,  Connecticut, 
and  other  parts  were  admitted,  and  at  the  end  of  the  said  year  the 
number  was  twenty-four,  under  the  care  of  five  teachers. 

At  present,  the  whole  number  of  boarders  and  those  that  attend 
the  school  amounts  to  eighty-eight,  under  the  care  of  ten  Sisters. 
The  names  of  all  who  came  in  the  Boarding-School  since  the  year 
1786  are  as  follows  : — 


down  the  structure,  reached  the  corner-stone,  six  feet  below  the  sur- 
face,— a  coarse  grit  sandstone,  containing  the  lead  box  in  which 
the  dedicatory  document  had  been  placed  for  a  memorial.  The 
latter  was  in  an  admirable  state  of  preservation,— a  vellum  sheet, 
twenty-eight  by  seven  inches,  inscribed  in  fair  round  characters, 
clear  and  fresh  as  though  just  from  the  hand  of  the  penman.  The 
leaden  receptacle  is  about  ten  by  four  inches,  with  a  depth  of  one 
inch.     This  was  somewhat  corroded. 


90 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIK. 


Elizabett  Bedell, 
Caroline  Sophia  Reiclielt, 
Aurelia  Louisa  Blakely, 
Hanuah  Langdon, 
Margaret  Catharine  Vriehuis, 
Iluth  Cockey, 
Maria  Cos, 
Martha  Stone, 
Maria  Beaumont, 
Eliza  Beaumont, 
Lydia  Winchester, 
Deborah  Owiugs, 
Maria  Arndt, 
Ann  Maria  Hickley, 
Ann  Wilson, 
Lydia  Palmer, 
Eliza  Palmer, 
Helen  Margaret  Kip, 
Martha  Washington  Greene, 
Cornelia  Lott  Greene, 
Ann  Van  Vleck, 
Elizabeth  MoncrieflF, 
Catharine  Attwood, 
Rachel  Schueller, 
Mary  Howard, 
Mary  Owings, 
Elizabeth  Lawrence, 
Dorothea  Sophia  Reichel, 
Helen  Brashier, 
Jane  Byvank, 
Sarah  Ten  Broeck, 
Eliza  Van  Cortland, 
Agnes  Bindelinger, 
Eliza  Howe, 
Jemima  Campbell, 
Elizabeth  Piatt, 
Jane  Walsh, 

Children  and  girls  living  in 
(|ueuting  the  school  at  present,— 
Maria  Barbara  Koruman, 


Ann  Currie, 

Eliza  Willet  Bardin, 

Agues  Boyd, 

Elizabeth  Ireland, 

Sarah  Buxton, 

Mary  Allen, 

Maria  Elizabeth  Kummer, 

Louisa  Kummer, 

Mary  McLachlan, 

Eliza  Chester, 

Esther  Margaret  Bull, 

Sarah  Hubbard, 

Hannah  Philips, 

Ann  Van  Zandt, 

Ann  Maria  Heyliger, 

Ann  Polhemus, 

Lucretia  Tooker, 

Eliza  Tooker, 

Susan  Bead, 

Lydia  Read, 

Sarah  B.  Jarvis, 

Esther  Moore, 

Frances  White, 

Ann  Maria  Van  Home, 

Eliza  Faesch, 

Eliza  Attwood, 

Adriaua  Van  Beverhoudt, 

Maria  Furman, 

Elizabeth  Leedom, 

Rachel  Leedom, 

Melusina  Ferrers, 

Ann  Eliza  Berwick, 

Margaret  Bayard, 

Maria  Bayard, 

Ann  Maria  Wood, 

Ann  Smalts, 

Patty  Hammond. 

the  town  of  Bethlehem,  and  fre- 

Hannah  Warner, 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  91 

Salome  Vetter,  Maria  Christiua  Heckewelder, 

Ann  Catharine  Weineke,  Magdalene  Knauss, 

Johanna  Elizabeth  Hall,  Anna  Salome  Heckewelder, 

Rebecca  Louisa  Hasse,  Anna  Dorothea  Warner, 

Maria  Salome  Knauss,  Benjamin  Elizabeth  Ebert, 

Johanna  Maria  Heckewelder,    Johanna  Elizabeth  Stotz, 
Anna  Ilosina  Kornmau,  Elizabeth  Kampman, 

Anna  Wilhelmina  Boehler,        Anna  Schmick, 

Polly  Broadhead. 
Tutoresses  and  attendants  in  the  Boarding-School  were,  and  are 
at  present, — 

Maria  Elizabeth  Beroth,  3Iaria  Elizabeth  Kunz, 

Susannah  Elizabeth  Langaard,  Elizabeth  Krogstrup, 
Anna  Sulamith  Nyberg,  Christina  Stehlin, 

Maria  Pyrlaeus,  Anna  Maria  Levering, 

(\Anna  Ilosina  Kliest,  Caritas  Benigna  Pyrlaeus. 

The  direction  and  inspection  was  committed  to  John  Andrew 
Hiibener  and  Drudea  his  wife,  and  at  present  to  Jacob  Van  Vleck 
and  Lisetta  his  wife.  As  Stewards  and  Cashier  have  acted  Fre- 
deric Peter  and  Anna  Maria  his  wife,  and  at  present  James  Cruik- 
shank  and  Agnes  his  wife. 

The  Elders'  Conference  in  Bethlehem  is  at  present  — 
Johannes  Ettwein, 

Johannes  Andrew  and  Drudea  Hiibener, 
Frederic  and  Anna  Maria  Peter, 
Paul  and  Barbara  Miinster, 
Adam  Bernhard  and  Sarah  Grube, 

Hans  Christian  Alexander  and  Dorothea  von  Schweinitz, 
Jacob  Van  Vleck, 
John  Christian  Belch, 
Nathaniel  Brown, 
Juliana  Gammern, 
Catharine  Lembke, 
Elizabeth  Lewis, 
Anna  Dorothea  von  Marschall, 
Verona  Schneider. 
And  the  College  of  Overseers  in  Bethlehem — 

Hans  Christian  Alexander  von  Schweinitz,  Pneses, 

Paul  Miinster, 

Johannes  Christian  Beich, 


92  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Johannes  Andrew  Borheck, 
Christian  Frederick  Oerter, 
Wilhelm  Boehler,  Sen., 
Joseph  Horsfield, 
Heinrich  Lindemeyer, 
Matthew  Witke. 
The  General  Helpers'  Conference  of  the  Congregations  in  Penn- 
sylvania and  adjacent  States  consists  of  the 

Brethren 
John  Ettwien, 
John  Andrew  Hiibener, 
John  August  Klingsohr, 
Frederic  Peter,  Sen., 
David  Zeisberger, 
Paul  Miinster, 

Hans  Christian  Alexander  von  Schweinitz, 
Carl  Gotthold  Reichel, 
Jeremiah  Dencke, 
The  Unity's  Elders'  Conference,  whose  seat  is  at  Herrnhut,  at 
present  consists  of 

August  Gottlieb  Spangenberg, 

Jeremiah  Risler, 

Christian  Gregor, 

John  Frederic  Reichel, 

Martin  Gottlob  Sternberg, 

John  Lorez, 

Samuel  Liebisch, 

Jonathan  Brian  t, 

Heinrich  XXVIII.  Count  Reuss, 

Frederic  Rudolf  von  Watteville, 

John  Christian  Quandt, 

John  Renatus  Verbeek, 

John  Frederick  William  Koelbing. 

Although  the  new  building  was  so  far  comj^leted  in 
the  fall  of  the  year  as  to  allow  of  its  being  in  part 
occupied,  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  postpone  the 
removal  of  its  intended  inmates  to  the  ensuing  spring, 
[n  the  mean  time,  several  rooms  were  taken  in  the  Sis- 


lilM 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  93 

ters'  House  to  furnish  accommodations  for  the  daily 
increasing  number  of  pupils. 

At  the  semi-annual  close  of  the  schools  in  the  spring 
of  1791,  the  12th  of  April  was  announced  as  the  day 
on  which  the  new  house  would  be  consecrated  for 
school-purposes  and  festively  entered. 

The  journal  of  the  time  furnishes  the  following  par- 
ticulars in  reference  to  the  occasion: — 

Tuesday,  April  12,  1791. — In  the  morning  we  re- 
hearsed the  dialogue  which  had  been  composed  in  view 
of  the  consecration  of  the  new  house.  After  break- 
fast some  Brethren  and  Sisters  carried  our  beds,  trunks, 
&c.  over,  and  we  had  the  good  fortune  to  remove  most 
of  our  things  before  dinner.  In  the  afternoon  we 
made  preparations  for  entering  the  new  house.  We  as- 
sembled in  the  chapel  to  learn  the  order  of  the  proces- 
sion; and  here  we  remained  until  the  music  of  trom- 
bones from  the  new  house  gave  the  signal.  We  walked 
two-and-two  in  our  room-companies,  with  our  respect- 
ive tutoresses,  to  the  large  sleep-hall  in  the  third 
story,  where  we  found  a  respectable  number  of  Breth- 
ren and  Sisters  already  assembled.  The  Messrs.  Van 
Zandt  and  Moore,  of  New  York,  were  also  present. 
After  singing  some  suitable  verses,  we  fell  on  our  knees, 
and  our  dear  Inspector  implored  the  Saviour's  blessing 
on  both  houses,  praying  that  He  would  always  manifest 
His  gracious  presence  there,  and  enable  those  who  were 
concerned  in  their  education  to  bring  up  their  youthful 
charge  to  His  glory  and  their  individual  salvation. 


94  BETHLEHE^I    SOUVENIR. 

Bishop  Ettwein  tlien  rose,  and  enlarged^  in  a  touch- 
ing manner,  on  the  daily  words^  of  the  Brethren's 
Church.  We  then  recited  our  dialogue,  and  the  so- 
lemnities were  concluded  with  a  love-feast,  during 
which  an  ode  was  sung,  ourselves  as  well  as  a  select 
choir  of  Brethren  and  Sisters  participating  in  the  same 
to  the  music  of  many  instruments.  Brother  Van  Vleck 
finally  introduced  us  and  our  tutoresses  into  our  future 
dwelling-rooms. 

After  our  return  from  a  short  walk  we  supped  for 
the  first  time  in  the  new  house,  and  spent  the  evening 
in  hearing  the  regulations  of  our  rooms.  We  had 
evening  prayer  in  the  hall,  and  retired  much  fatigued. 

EXTRACT  FROM  THE  DIALOGUE  SPOKEN  BY  THE  PUPILS  ON  THE 
OCCASION  or  THE  CONSECRATION  OF  THE  NEW  SCHOOL-BUILD- 
ING,   APRIL   12,  1790. 

Eliza  M.  Huntingdon.  ]My  clear  companions,  permit  me  to  ob- 
serve, that  in  hearing  the  noble  and  laudable  intention  of  the  Breth- 
ren in  commencing  this  institution,  it  appears  they  were  not  actuated 
by  selfish  motives,  but  wished  to  contribute  something  to  the  glory 
of  God  and  the  benefit  of  their  fellow-creatures. 

Adriana  Van  Beverlioudt.  Your  remark  is  just;  and,  as  I  judge, 
the  undertaking  was  a  very  important  one. 

Jane  Van  Vlec?:.     May  our  Saviour  bless  all  the  Brethren  and 


^  Ever  since  1731,  the  Church  of  the  United  Brethren  has  pub- 
lished a  ''small  and  unpretending  annual,"  containing  two  texts 
of  Scripture  for  every  day  of  the  year,  which  are  designed  to  be 
read  by  the  heads  of  families  in  the  morning,  as  aflPording  matter 
for  religious  meditation  throughout  the  day.  This  manual  of  devo- 
tion consists  of  two  parts, — the  former  containing  texts  from  the 
Old  Testament,  which  are  drawn  from  a  numerous  collection  and 
styled   "Daily  Words,"   and  the    latter  selections   from   the   New 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  95 

Sisters  that  have  been,  and  are  at  present,  engaged  in  the  arduous 
task  of  training  and  instructing  young  persons. 

Jane  Byrbanck.     May  He  crown  all  their  labors  with  success  ! 

Fanny  Whiting.  I  am  at  times  apprehensive  that  we  do  not 
show  that  gratitude  which  their  goodness  merits,  nor  that  we  always 
rightly  consider  the  advantage  we  might  derive  therefrom  if  we 
attended  more  closely  to  their  advice. 

Cornelia  L.  Greene.  Oh,  my  dear  companions,  I  believe  in 
this  respect  we  are  all  great  debtors.  Our  conduct  towards  our 
teachers  ought  to  plainly  testify  that  their  assiduity  and  care  towards 
lis  merit  our  gratitude,  and  satisfy  them  that  their  labor  is  not  in 
vain. 

Ann  Carrie.  Most  certainly  !  As  we  are  at  present  under  their 
guidance,  as  they  watch  over  us  in  the  place  of  our  dear  parents, 
they  are  surely  deserving  our  love,  confidence,  obedience,  and 
respect. 

A7171  Van  Zandt.  Our  late  Inspector  and  lady,  the  Kev.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hiibener,  who,  in  founding  this  institution,  underwent  num- 
berless difficulties  and  inconveniences,  are  likewise  entitled  to  our 
warmest  affection  and  gratitude,  and  with  such  they  shall  be  revered 
by  us  this  day. 

Esther  Moore.  By  the  blessing  of  God  they  saw  this  school  in  a 
flourishing  condition  on  their  departure  from  here,  and  our  dear 
Mr.  Hiibener  concluded  his  faithful  labors  among  us  with  the 
solemn  act  of  laying  tlie  corner-stone  of  this  new  building, — on 
which  occasion  he  commended  this  institution  to  the  Lord  in  a  fer- 
vent prayer. 

Ann  Maria  Ilicldey.  May  our  dear  Lord  bless  them  for  our 
sakes,  and  reward  them  plentifully  for  all  their  care  and  fidelity! 

Helen  Brashier.  May  He  likewise  shower  down  his  blessings  on 
our  present  Inspector  and  lady  ! 

Elizabeth  Bleecher.  May  He  impart  to  them  day  by  day  new 
strength  to  bear  their  heavy  charge,  and  give  them  a  lively  sense 

Testament,  styled  "Doctrinal  Texts,"  with  the  addition  of  a  few 
lines  from  a  hymn  by  way  of  antiphon  and  personal  application. 
The  selection  of  texts  is  made  by  the  Unity's  Elders'  Conference, 
and  sufficiently  early  in  the  preceding  year  to  be  forwarded  in  time 
to  the  congregations  and  missionary-stations  of  the  Church  scat- 
tered over  the  four  quarters  of  the  globe. 


96  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

of  our  filial  affection  and  willingness  to  prove  an  honor  and  pleasure 
to  tlieni ! 

Hannah  Philips.  We  shall  never  be  able  to  thank  our  Saviour 
sufficiently  for  directing  our  steps  and  ways  to  this  place,  where  we 
are  not  only  taught  useful  sciences,  but  also  receive  instruction  in 
the  ways  of  true  and  everlasting  happiness,  which  surpasses  all 
worldly  wisdom. 

Mary  McHhenny.  May  we  all  attend  eagerly  to  the  word  of  God, 
and  obtain  a  lasting  impression  thereof  in  our  hearts, — an  impres- 
sion which  may  never  be  erased,  but  follow  us  throughout  our  whole 
lives. 

Ann  Jones.  I  beg  leave  to  remark,  that,  although  we  shall  in 
future  be  divided  with  respect  to  the  two  houses,  we  ought  still  to 
consider  the  whole  school  as  one  family  and  strive  to  live  together 
in  the  strictest  friendship  and  connection. 

Ann  E.  Berwick.  Oh,  yes!  everything  that  has  hitherto  dis- 
turbed our  peace  and  harmony  shall,  from  this  day,  be  forgiven  and 
forgotten,  and  our  mutual  behavior  shall  show  that  we  sincerely 
love  one  another. 

Maria  Frelinghnysen .  We  are  all  children  of  our  Heavenly  Father : 
each  one  of  us  has  her  individual  faults  and  weaknesses,  and  all 
must  daily  crave  his  pardon  and  the  direction  of  his  good  Spirit. 

Sarah  Buxton.  We  will  pray  to  our  dear  Saviour  for  grace,  that 
we  may  be  enabled  to  conform  with  pleasure  to  all  the  useful  rules 
of  the  school. 

Estha  A.  Watson.  Let  us  then  praise  Him,  as  with  one  heart 
and  voice,  for  all  his  goodness  towards  us,  and  entreat  Him  to  com- 
mand his  blessing  to  reign  in  both  houses. 

The  newly-erected  building,  though  not  large,  was 
arranged  to  conveniently  accommodate  fifty  pupils 
and  their  teachers.  The  three  dwelling-rooms  on  the 
first  floor  were  assigned  to  the  oldest  divisions  of  the 
pupils.  The  fourth  room  on  this  floor,  a  small  apart- 
ment, was  at  first  inhabited  by  Sister  Elizabeth  Henry, 
who,  besides  engaging  in  the  labors  of  teaching,  filled 
the  office  of  religious  superintendent  of  the  children  of 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  9/ 

the  congregation.  It  was  afterwards  made  a  "teachers' 
room,"  a  private  room  for  the  tutoresses,  whither  they 
could  withdraw  from  the  turmoil  of  the  school  at  the 
close  of  the  day's  duties,  and,  undisturbed  in  their 
retirement,  prepare  for  the  labors  of  the  ensuing  day. 
Under  the  first  roof  a  spacious  dormitory  extended 
the  length  and  breadth  of  the  house,  including  a  small 
apartment  designed  for  the  comfort  and  quiet  of  inva- 
lids and  the  sick.  In  the  basement,  on  the  south  side, 
were  the  kitchen  and  dining-hall.  Forty-five  pupils, 
with  six  teachers,  entered  the  new  abode  on  the  12th 
of  April . 

At  this  time  there  were  seventy-five  boarders  in  the 
Seminary,  who,  with  twenty  day-scholars,  were  in 
charge  of  twelve  resident  Sisters. 

In  March,  1792,  fifty-one  chiefs  and  warriors  of  the 
Iroquois  confederacy  visited  Bethlehem  on  their  way 
to  Philadelphia,  then  the  federal  city  of  the  Union 
It  was  an  imposing  spectacle,  such  as  had  not  been 
witnessed  for  many  years. 

The  glory  of  the  Indian  mission  had  departed,  and 
Bethlehem  was  no  longer  the  home  of  the  heathen 
convert  and  the  rendezvous  of  his  Christian  teacher. 
Delaware,  Minnisink,  and  Mohican  had  been  driven 
west  of  the  AUeghanies  and  the  Ohio,  or  their  ex- 
istence utterly  cut  off  from  the  land  of  the  living 
by  the  relentless  white  man.  The  missionary,  it 
is  true,  cast  in  his  lot  with   the  wanderer  and   the 

exile,  and  in  the  wilds  of  the  West  was  fighting  his 

7 


98  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Master's  cause  with  the  almost  hopeless  pertinacity 
with  which  the  Indian  himself  struggled  against  the 
inexorable  destiny  of  his  race.  It  must  have  been 
with  painful  reflections  that  the  Brethren  witnessed 
this  pageant,  the  last  of  its  kind;  and  doubtless  sorrow 
mingled  with  their  joy,  as  they  welcomed  the  Iroquois 
warriors  with  whose  fathers  Zinzendorf  had  made  a 
covenant  of  peace,  by  whom  Spangenberg  had  been 
beloved  as  a  brother,  and  in  whose  country  Zeisberger 
had  walked  as  an  apostle  of  old.  How  rich  in  promise 
had  been  the  first  labors  of  their  heroic  brethren! 
What  hopes  had  been  disappointed  in  the  lapse  of  half 
a  century,  that  had  opened  to  them  with  most  aus- 
picious omens,  but  to  leave  them,  at  its  close,  unpos- 
sessed of  the  crown  which  they  had  nigh  won  in  the 
race !  The  Indian  was  no  longer  one  of  their  number. 
They  missed  his  form  in  their  streets,  his  voice  in  their 
houses,  and  his  reverential  presence  in  the  sanctuary. 
The  songs  of  Zion,  chanted  in  his  native  accents,  no 
longer  floated  up  from  the  "Tents  of  Peace"^  on  the 

^  Friedenshiitten  (Tents  of  Peace)  was  the  name  given  to  a 
cluster  of  cottages,  built  in  the  spring  of  1746  on  the  declivity  of 
the  ''Sisters'  Hill"  and  along  the  base  of  the  limestone  ridge  on 
which  the  present  gas-works  stand.  Here  a  portion  of  the  Indian 
congregation  which  had  been  gathered  by  the  pioneer  missionary 
Rauch,  between  1740  and  '46,  in  the  town  of  Shekomeko,  Duchess 
county,  New  York,  found  a  peaceful  asylum  from  the  persecution 
of  the  whites.  Ten  families — forty-four  persons  in  all — occupied 
this  transient  home  until  the  autumn  of  1746,  when  the  settlement 
of  Gnadenhiitten  (Tents  of  Grace,)  on  the  Mahoney,  was  com- 
menced.    The  morning  and  evening  services  of  these  exiles  were 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  99 

secluded  hill-side  in  the  quiet  of  the  summer's  even- 
ing. They  had  forgotten  his  foibles  and  forgiven  his 
waywardness.  All  that  was  left  them  of  the  "noble 
race  of  the  red  man"  was  the  remembrance  of  his  vir- 
tues,— his  affection,  his  true-heartedness,  his  faith  in 
Christ, — and  the  silent  mementos  in  the  graveyard, 
where  the  grass  grows  green  over  the  remains  of  fifty- 
four  of  their  number,  consigned  to  the  tomb  in  the 
hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection  from  the  dead. 

It  will  be  remembered,  by  such  as  are  acquainted 
with  the  transactions  of  Government  with  the  Indian 
tribes  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  that  Washington 
pursued  a  policy  most  prudent  and  humane  in  refer- 
ence to  a  people  whose  proximity  to  the  young  Repub- 
lic was  a  matter  of  no  little  concern.  Far  from  enter- 
taining the  thought  which  occurred  to  some  of  his 
advisers,  of  invading  their  territories  in  a  hostile  way, 
he  contended  that  peaceable  possession  of  their  lands 
must  be  allowed  them,  persuaded  that  the  time  was 
not  fir  distant  when  these  would  pass  into  the  hands 
of  the  white  man  by  right  of  purchase.  The  deputa- 
tion which  visited  Bethlehem  in  March  of  1792  had 
been  solicited  by  the  President  in  the  hope  of  carrying 
into  effect  a  project  dear  to  his  heart, — which  was 
none  other  than  the  amelioration  of  the  Indian,  by 

held  by  their  missionary,  and  in  the  Mohican  language.  On  a 
draft  of  Bethlehem  and  vicinity,  drawn  about  1753,  three  small 
houses  are  dotted  down  on  the  hill-side,  and  bear  the  superscription 
"  Friedenshiitten." 


100  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

persuading  him  to  adopt  the  habits  and  occupations  of 
civilized  life.  It  was  one  of  the  earliest  efforts  made 
by  Government  to  advance  the  substantial  happiness 
of  the  unfortunate  aborigines. 

On  the  morning  of  March  9,  the  party  arrived 
at  Bethlehem  by  way  of  Nazareth  from  Wyoming. 
"There  were,"  says  an  eye-witness,  "fifty-one  chiefs 
and  warriors,  among  them  ten  baptized  Oneidas,  accom- 
panied by  their  missionary,  Mr.  Samuel  Kirkland,  a 
Presbyterian  clergyman,  who  for  twenty-five  years 
had  taught  and  preached  among  them  at  the  head  of 
Oneida  Lake.  Red  Jacket,^  Good  Peter,  Big  Tree, 
Cornplanter,^  Farmer's  Brother,^  Little  Billy,  Captain 

^  Sa-go-ye-wat-ha  (He  keeps  them  awake,)  alias  Red  Jacket,  the 
celebrated  warrior  of  the  Seneca  nation,  whose  native  eloquence 
won  for  him  the  appellation  of  the  Indian  Demosthenes,  played  a 
conspicuous  part  in  both  conflicts  between  the  United  States  and 
Great  Britain.  In  the  Revolutionary  War  he  sided  with  the  Eng- 
lish. At  the  close  of  that  contest  a  grand  council  was  held  by  the 
chiefs  of  the  Six  Nations  at  Fort  Stanwix,  and  a  treaty  of  peace  nego- 
tiated with  them  by  commissioners  on  the  part  of  the  United  States. 
One  of  the  most  influential  leaders  present  was  Red  Jacket.  In 
the  war  of  1812-15  he  fought  under  American  colors.  To  the  close 
of  his  life  he  was  an  enthusiastic  champion  of  the  Indian's  rights, 
inveighing  without  fear  or  favor  against  the  aggressions  of  the 
whites,  and  opposing,  with  uncompromising  obstinacy,  the  introduc- 
tion of  the  arts  of  civilized  life  and  Christianity  as  subversive  of  the 
nationality  of  a  people  whose  friend  and  protector  he  had  been  for 
upwards  of  half  a  century.  He  died,  near  Bufi"alo,  in  1830,  in  the 
seventy-eighth  year  of  his  age.     See  "Stone's  Life  of  Red  Jacket." 

^  Cornplanter  died  in  1836,  at  the  age  of  more  than  one  hundred 
years. 

^  Farmer's  Brother  died  in  1814,  between  eighty  and  ninety 
years  of  age. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  101 

Shanks,  and  Peter  Jaquette,^  are  all  well-known  per- 
sonages. Most  of  the  party  were  slender,  of  ordinary 
stature,  with  finely-developed  forms.  Hanangaikhou, 
or  Infant,  was  of  uncommon  height,  measuring  full  six 
feet  four,  the  tallest  man  at  the  time  in  the  Six  Nations. 
The  majority  were  dressed  in  white  linen  shirts,  short 
woollen  coats,  Indian  leggins,  consisting  of  a  piece  of 
cloth  bound  around  the  calf  of  the  leg  with  thongs, 
and  snugly-fitting  moccasins  of  deerskin, — which  latter 
the  wearer  is  wont  to  dip  into  cold  water  in  winter 
before  going  abroad  in  order  to  protect  the  feet  from 
frost.  A  number  of  the  party  had  the  sleeves  of  their 
coats  adorned  with  large  plates  of  silver,  or  wore  trin- 
kets of  the  same  material  on  their  bosoms.  Some  had 
silver  rings  and  pendants  inserted  through  the  cartilage 
of  the  nose ;  most  of  them  wore  massive  ear-rings  of 
silver  or  copper,  which,  by  their  weight,  drew  down  the 
extremity  of  the  ear  and  lengthened  the  slit  through 
which  they  were  passed.  Their  faces  were  curiously 
painted  in  red,  and  vermilion  was  strewed  on  the  lock 
of  hair  left  on  the  crown.     A  few  carried  rifles ;  the 


^  Otsiquette,  or  Pierre  Jaquette,  a  young  and  intelligent  Oneida 
chief,  was  adopted  into  the  family  of  the  Marquis  de  La  Fayette, 
and  taken  to  France,  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  to  be  educated. 
Love  of  native  country,  however,  proved  stronger  than  attachment 
to  a  kind  foster-father,  and  prevailed  with  the  Indian  prince  to 
resign  the  splendor  of  courts  and  the  allurements  of  a  gay  metro- 
polis for  the  free  forests  and  lakes  of  his  childhood's  home. 

Otsiquette  died  soon  after  reaching  Philadelphia,  in  the  twenty- 
sixth  year  of  his  age. 


102  BETHLEHEM  SOUVENIR. 

rest  were  equipped  with  tomahawk,  knife,  tobacco- 
pouch,  and  the  trusty  bow  and  arrows.  The  more 
civilized  were  dressed  somewhat  after  the  manner  of 
the  whites,  wearing  in  place  of  cloaks  the  favorite 
blanket  around  the  shoulders,  and  on  their  heads  un- 
couth caps  of  fur.  The  deportment  of  this  motley 
grou]3  was  animated  and  lively;  and  yet  they  strictly 
observed  the  laws  of  decorum,  and  astonished  us  by 
their  decent  and  quiet  demeanor." 

The  day  after  their  arrival,  the  Brethren  gave  them 
a  formal  reception  in  the  chapel.  The  pupils  of  the 
Seminary,  at  their  special  request,  were  among  the 
spectators,  and  participated  in  the  ceremonies  of  the 
occasion.  The  Indians  were  seated  across  the  length 
of  the  hall  in  two  semicircular  rows  facing  the  minis- 
ter's table,  which  stood  against  the  west  wall  of  the 
building.  After  the  performance  of  an  anthem  with 
full  accompaniment  by  the  choir,  Bishop  Ettwein  ad- 
dressed them  as  follows : — 

"Brethren  of  the  Six  Nations,  you  are  heartily  wel- 
come to  Bethlehem.  We  and  our  children  are  pleased 
to  see  you.  Fifty  years  ago  our  chiefs  and  your  chiefs 
made  a  covenant  of  friendship/  promising  to  love  one 

^  In  August,  1742,  Count  Zinzendorf,  on  his  way  from  Beth- 
lehem to  Tuljjehocken,  in  company  with  the  well-known  provincial 
interpreter  and  Indian  agent,  Conrad  Weiser,  fell  in  with  a  nume- 
rous embassy  of  sachems  of  the  Six  Nations  returning  from  Phila- 
delphia, with  whom  he  entered  into  a  covenant  of  friendship. 
"Brother,"  said  the  speaker  of  the  party  to  the  count,  ''you  have 
made  a  long  voyage  over  the  seas  to  preach  to  the  whites  and  to 


BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR.  103 

another  and  to  render  mutual  good  services.  We,  the 
United  Brethren,  are  lovers  and  friends  of  all  men,  as 
we  have  one  common  Father  in  Heaven,  and  one  Lord, 
even  Jesus  Christ,  who  redeemed  us  from  evil  by  his 
precious  blood  shed  for  the  sins  of  all  mankind.  "We 
have  long  been  waiting  for  the  salvation  of  your  tribes, 
and  of  all  the  Indians  in  this  country.  It  will  prove 
a  source  of  great  joy  to  us,  could  we  in  any  way  con- 
tribute to  this  object  and  aid  in  converting  you  to  the 
knowledge  of  the  only  true  God.  Be  assured  of  our 
love  and  of  our  sincere  wishes  for  your  welfare. 

"You  see  here  present  a  number  of  young  ladies 
from  different  parts  of  our  country,  who  rejoice  with 
us  in  seeing  you  here,  and  who  have  asked  permission 
to  express  their  satisfaction  personally." 

Miss  Lydia  Stansbury,  of  Philadelphia,  hereupon 
handed  a  written  copy  of  her  address  to  Miss  Eliza 
Fries,  also  of  that  city,  who  had  been  selected  to  com- 
municate it  to  the  Indians, — most  of  their  number 
understanding  English. 

"Brothers  of  the  Six  Nations,  [Miss  Fries,  says 
one  who  was  present,  was  not  in  the  least  abashed, 
but  read  sloAvly  and  distinctly,]  we  bid  you  welcome  to 
our  town.  We  are  rejoiced  to  see  you.  We  see  you 
mthout  fear  and  trembling.     We  regard  you  as  friends 

the  Indians.  You  knew  not  that  we  were  here,  and  we  knew  no- 
thing of  you.  This  proceeds  from  above.  Come,  therefore,  to  us, 
both  you  and  your  brethren  :  we  bid  you  welcome,  and  take  this 
fathom  of  wampum  in  confirmation  of  the  truth  of  our  words." 


104  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

and  brethren.  You  are  on  a  good  journey :  you  are 
going  to  smoke  the  pipe  of  peace  with  our  great  chief, 
George  Washington,  and  his  council,  and  to  pohsh  anew 
the  chain  of  friendship.  We  wisli  you  a  prosperous 
time  and  a  favorable  issue  to  your  undertaking,  and 
hope  that  you  may  return  to  your  wives  and  children 
with  gladdened  hearts.  We  are  here  in  Bethlehem  to 
be  instructed  in  what  is  good.  Tell  your  little  ones 
what  is  good ;  tell  them  we  love  them, — that  one 
Father  feeds  and  protects  us  both, — that  the  same  sun 
shines  on  us,  and  that  we  were  born  in  the  same  land. 
May  our  children  and  their  descendants  always  dwell 
in  peace  and  friendship  with  your  children  and  their 
descendants  !  May  the  song  of  the  heavenly  messen- 
gers be  reahzed  in  our  land,  when  they  sang,  '  Glory  to 
God  in  the  highest,  and  on  earth  peace,  good-will 
toward  men.' " 

These  words,  adapted  to  music,  were  then  sung  by 
the  choir  with  full  accompaniment. 

Red  Jacket  now  rose  and  addressed  the  bishop  in  a 
few  words.  "Father,"  said  he, — "for  thus  I  call  you, 
since  you  are  a  servant  of  the  Great  Spirit  above,  and 
strive  to  promote  the  ways  of  justice  and  peace, — I 
thank  you  for  the  kindly  welcome  and  reception  we 
have  experienced  in  your  midst.  I  am  persuaded 
that  the  United  Brethren  are  a  blessed  and  happy 
people,  and  I  desire  that  your  prayer  to  our  common 
Father  that  our  tribes  be  brought  out  of  darkness  be 
answered." 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  105 

The  Aenerable  Good  Peter^  next  rose,  and,  tm-ning 
to  the  pupils,  expressed  his  thanks  for  their  interest  in 
the  Indian,  saying  that  he  felt  constrained  to  acknow- 
ledge their  tender  address  and  friendly  greeting;  that 
he  and  his  companions  were  astonished  that  such  young 
females  ventured  to  welcome  the  wild  sachems  and 
warriors  of  the  Six  Nations;  that  they  had  done  so 
with  the  discreetness  of  maturer  years, — from  which 
it  was  evident  how  they  had  profited  from  the  instruc- 
tion they  enjoyed  at  school.  "  We  will,"  he  concluded, 
"  tell  our  children  and  grandchildren  what  has  tran- 
spired to-day,  and  hope  that,  at  no  remote  time,  they 
may  be  favored  in  their  dark  wilderness  with  schools 
such  as  are  to  be  found  in  this  happy  village,  where 
the  grace  of  the  Great  Spirit  reigns  in  so  peculiar  a 
way." 

At  the  close  of  this  interesting  interview,  cakes, 
apples,  and  other  trifles  were  distributed  among  the 
Indians.  On  the  foui-th  day  after  their  arrival,  the 
party  left  by  way  of  the  Lehigh  and  Delaware  for 
Philadelphia. 

EXTRACTS   FROM   THE    SCHOOL   JOURNAL,  1791. 

Jem.  3. — To-day  we  again  resumed  our  schools  as 
usual.  The  following  misses  spoke  pieces : — In  the  2d 
reading-class.  Miss  Hubbard,  "God's  Omnipotence," 
Miss  Allen,  "The  Chiu-chyard,"  Miss  Palmer,  "The 

^  Good  Peter,  or  Dominie  Peter,  an  Oneida  convert,  was  at  this 
time  in  his  seventy-seventh  year. 


106  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Pious  Sailor,"  Miss  Vriehuis,  "An  Address  to  the 
Deity,"  and  Bessy  Hall,  "  The  Dignity  of  an  IntelHgent 
Being."  In  the  1st  class,  Miss  Howard  spoke  on  the 
"  Employment  of  Time,"  and  Miss  Berwick  on  "  The 
Sun." 

Jan.  6. — To-day  was  our  dear  Sister  Mary  Pyrlaeus's 
birthday,  and  also  the  Heathen  Festival.^  At  four 
o'clock  the  misses  went  into  the  new  house  to  speak  a 
dialogue  on  the  subject  of  the  day. 

Jan.  12. — At  breakfast  we  heard  it  was  Miss  Hub- 
bard's birthday,  and  accordingly  sung  for  her  the 
verses,  "  May  He  bless  thee."  She  received  presents 
from  her  companions,  and  afterwards  gave  them  a  love- 
feast. 

Jan.  18. — To-day  our  dear  Sister  Langaard  cele- 
brated her  birthday.  Some  of  the  misses  composed  a 
short  dialogue  containing  their  wishes  for  her  happi- 
ness in  the  succeeding  year.  Our  dear  tutoress  gave 
us  a  love-feast  in  the  morning. 

Jan.  19. — Miss  Peggy  Vriehuis  celebrated  her  birth- 
day and  gave  a  love-feast  in  the  afternoon.  In  the  1st 
reading-class,  Miss  Jones  spoke  a  piece  on  "Health," 
and  Miss  Cornelia  Greene  a  "  Hymn  to  Cynthia."  In 
the  2d  class.  Miss  Colden  spoke  "Precepts  of  a  Free 
Mason  to  his  Adopted  Brother,"  and  Miss  Heyliger 
"  On  the  Errors  of  the  Senses  and  the  Excellency  of 
Reason." 

^  A  meeting  for  the  propagation  of  the  gospel  among  the  heathen. 


BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR.  107 

Jan.  20. — I  celebrated  my  birthday,  and  in  the  after- 
noon gave  a  love-feast  to  my  room-companions  and  some 
of  the  other  misses.  E.  Huntington. 

Jan.  26. — In  the  1st  reading-class,  the  Misses  Mar- 
tha Greene  and  Sally  Ten  Broeck  spoke  pieces, — the 
former  on  "  Cheerfulness,"  the  latter  a  "  Hymn  on  the 
Creation."  In  the  2d  class.  Miss  Graham  spoke  "  On 
the  Preservation,  Dissolution,  and  Restoration  of  the 
World,"  and  Miss  Polly  Owings  on  "Vanity." 

Jan.  27. — Miss  Nancy  Jones  celebrated  her  birth- 
day, and  invited  several  of  the  misses  to  vesper. 

Jan.  30. — This  morning  at  breakfast  we  sung  verses 
for  the  Misses  Stone  and  Eliza  Tooker,  as  they  cele- 
brated their  birthdays,  and  in  the  afternoon  they  gave 
a  love-feast  and  invited  some  misses  from  other  rooms. 

Feb.  1. — ^We  attended  our  schools  as  usual.  At 
dinner  there  was  read  a  paternal  admonition  from  our 
dear  Inspector  in  reference  to  our  writing, — in  which 
he  stated  the  necessity  of  close  application  to  this 
noble  art,  and  gave  us  all  possible  directions  how  to 
hold  the  pen  in  order  to  obtain  a  legible  hand. 

Feh.  2. — To-day  we  attended  our  schools  as  usual. 
In  the  1st  reading-class.  Miss  Jeanette  Broome  spoke 
an  "  Ode  on  the  Death  of  Dr.  Franklin,"  and  Miss 
Nancy  Hickley  on  "  Human  Nature."  In  the  2d  read- 
ing-class. Miss  Debby  Owings  spoke  "Reflections  on 
Providence,"  and  Miss  Watson  "  Happiness  not  founded 
on  Wealth ;  or,  the  Vicissitudes  of  Human  Life." 

Feh.  4. — At  supper  was  read  a  note  from  our  dear 


108  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Inspector,  expressing  his  wish  that  we  might  not 
devote  all  Saturdai/  to  making  vesper. 

Feb.  16. — At  breakfast  we  sung  a  verse  for  Miss 
Howard,  it  being  her  birthday.  In  the  1st  class,  Miss 
Phillips  spoke  "  The  Omnipresence  of  the  Deity,"  Miss 
Sergeant  a  piece  on  "  Ulysses's  Dog  Argus,"  and  Miss 
Bleecker  "On  Providence."  Miss  Howard  gave  a  love- 
feast  to  her  room-companions. 

Feb.  17. — We  had  no  regular  school  to-day,  on  a'c- 
count  of  the  misses  being  employed  in  answering  the 
letters  they  had  received  by  Mr.  Golden,  who  leaves 
to-morrow  for  New  York. 

'I  have  the  satisfaction  to  say  the  same  of  the 
writing  of  this  week's  journal  as  that  of  the  last 
week.  I  also  take  this  opportunity  to  express  my 
pleasure  at  finding  that  the  greatest  part  of  the  letters 
written  this  week  by  our  misses  gave  a  pleasing  proof 
that  they  endeavor  to  pay  more  attention  to  their 
writing,  and  I  am  in  hopes  that  a  laudable  emulation 
will  take  place  in  this  and  other  respects. 

J.  V.  Y.'i 

Feb.  22. — It  being  Miss  Bayard's  birthday,  we  sung 
a  verse  for  her.  She  gave  her  room-companions  a  love- 
feast  in  the  afternoon. 

April  4. — To-day  we  had  no  schools.  Some  of  the 
misses  took  a  ride  to  Nazareth  with  Sister  Sulamith. 

^  At  the  close  of  the  week's  journal  is  inserted  the  above  by  the 
Principal. 


BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR.  109 

Miss  Broome  and  Mr.  Jarvis  took  some  more  of  the 
misses  in  another  wagon  to  that  place.  We  were  very 
busy  in  preparing  for  the  examination.  In  the  even- 
ing Miss  Ilickley  had  the  great  pleasure  of  embracing 
her  papa  and  new  mamma,  whom  she  had  not  the 
pleasure  of  knowing  before.    , 

April  5. — In  the  morning,  at  nine  o'clock,  we  all 
assembled  in  the  hall.  After  a  short  and  feeling  dis- 
course by  our  dear  Inspector,  and  in  the  presence  of  a 
worthy  audience  of  Brethren  and  Sisters,  the  1st  class 
was  examined  in  reading,  and  then  we  spoke  a  dialogue 
from  the  "  Catechism  of  Nature."  The  2d  class  then 
read  in  the  Bible  and  spoke  on  "Air,  Wind,  Rain,  and 
Earth."  The  3d  class  also  read  in  the  Bible  and  con- 
versed on  "Land  and  Water."  The  4th  class  read  in 
the  New  Testament  and  spoke  on  "Animals."  The 
5th  and  6th  classes  partly  read  and  partly  recited 
Bible  texts  and  verses.  In  the  afternoon  we  were 
examined  in  Grerman. 

April  6. — This  morning  we  were  examined  in  Gram- 
mar. The  4th  class  was  examined  in  the  first  princi- 
ples of  Grammar,  namely,  Orthography,  Prosody,  Ety- 
mology, and  Syntax.  The  Misses  Huntington  and 
Neilson  recited  pieces.  The  3d  class  was  examined 
in  the  parts  of  speech,  the  Article,  Noun,  and  Adjec- 
tive,— and  also  in  Gender,  Number,  and  Case,  and  the 
Comparison  of  Adjectives. 

In  the  second  session  the  2d  class  was  examined  in 
Verbs,  and  the  1st  class  in  Punctuation. 


110  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

In  the  afternoon,  at  two  o'clock,  we  assembled  again 
and  were  examined  in  Arithmetic.  The  1st  class  had 
Profit  and  Loss,  Interest,  and  the  Rule  of  Three  in 
Fractions.  The  2d  class  had  the  Rule  of  Three  in- 
verse, and  the  double  Rule  of  Three  in  two  statements. 
The  3d  class  had  the  sijigle  Rule  of  Three  direct  and 
Reduction  of  Fractions. 

April  7. — In  the  morning  the  four  classes  were  exa- 
mined in  History.  The  4th  class  was  examined  in 
the  first  period,  from  Adam  to  Noah,  the  3d  class  in 
the  second  period,  from  Noah  to  Moses,  the  2d  class 
in  the  third  and  fourth  periods,  from  Moses  to  Cyrus, 
and  the  1st  class  in  the  fifth  and  sixth  periods,  from 
Cyrus  to  Christ. 

In  the  second  session  the  3d  class  spoke  the  piece 
they  had  been  taught.  They  were  followed  by  the  2d 
and  1st  classes.  In  the  afternoon  the  4th,  5th,  and 
6th  classes  were  examined  in  Arithmetic,  the  youngest 
speaking  the  Multiplication  Table. 

April  8. — This  morning  the  1st  Geography  class 
was  examined  in  the  divisions  of  Europe,  the  2d 
class  in  America,  its  discovery,  its  chief  rivers  and 
towns ;  the  3d  class  had  the  real  divisions  of  the 
Earth,  and  the  4th  the  principal  circles  of  the  Globe. 
At  half-past  ten  we  assembled  again,  to  be  asked  some 
questions  in  the  first  rudiments  of  Astronomy.  The 
first  class  had  the  fixed  stars,  and  the  second  the 
planets.  In  the  afternoon,  at  one  o'clock,  we  were 
examined  in  French.     The  first  class  read  some  of 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  Ill 

La  Fontaine's  Fables  and  spoke  a  dialogue.  At  three 
o'clock  we  were  examined  in  music. 

April  9. — In  the  morning  we  were  making  prepara- 
tions for  the  love-feast.  In  the  afternoon,  at  two 
o'clock,  we  assembled  in  the  hall  to  conclude  our  exa- 
mination by  a  love-feast,  during  which  were  shown  to 
the  company  specimens  of  our  writing,  drawing,  paint- 
ing, embroidery,  and  tambour,  and  of  the  younger 
misses'  knitting  and  samplers.  Some  of  the  misses 
played  pieces  and  sung  to  them;  after  which  Miss 
Hickley  expressed  our  thanks  in  German  to  the 
worthy  audience  for  the  honor  shown  us  by  their 
presence  during  our  examination,  and  the  kind  indul- 
gence they  were  pleased  to  show  to  our  defects.  Upon 
this,  Bishop  Ettwein  delivered  a  pathetic  address  to 
the  whole  school  concerning  the  proper  use  of  our  time 
in  order  to  answer  the  end  of  our  coming  to  Bethlehem. 
He  spoke  in  so  affectionate  a  manner  that  it  made  a 
deep  impression  on  all  our  hearts.  But  how  shall  we 
find  words  to  express  our  gTateful  sensations  to  our 
much-honored  and  dear  Mr.  Van  Vleck,  who  examined 
us  with  the  indulgence  and  tenderness  of  a  parent? 
Miss  Ten  Broeck  made  an  attempt  in  English  in  the 
hall,  but  our  hearts  say  yet  more. 

Ajml  28. — ^We  attended  school  as  usual.  In  the 
afternoon   went    to   the   Lehigh   to  see   the  fishing.^ 

^  Before  the  erection  of  wing-dams,  walls,  and  flood-gates  in  the 
river,  with  the  view  of  rendering  it  available  for  the  transportation 
of  coal  from  the  regions  near  its  sources  to  Philadelphia,  the  Lehigh 


112  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Several  of  the  misses  and  Sister  Kliest  were  invited 
to  drink  tea  at  the  tavern. 

was  a  resort  of  the  shad,  which  in  the  spring  season  found  their 
way  from  the  ocean  far  up  into  its  fresh  waters,  there  to  deposit  their 
spawn.  The  successive  improvements  in  the  river's  channel,  how- 
ever, disturbed  them  and  other  finny  visitors  in  their  haunts,  and 
eventually  cut  ofi"  all  possibility  of  their  annual  ascent.  This  was 
as  late  as  1815.  The  advantages  derivable  from  a  river  stocked 
with  wholesome  fish  were  not  trifling  to  the  Brethren  when  they 
first  settled  here,  and  before  their  land  had  been  brought  fully 
under  cultivation.  On  fish  and  game  they  relied  for  sustenance  to 
a  great  extent.  A  diary  of  the  year  1741  has  the  following  to  the 
point : — "  Our  heavenly  Father  supplied  us  richly  with  means  to 
feed  the  numerous  occasional  visitors  in  our  little  home.  At  the 
end  of  August  we  were  blessed  with  such  an  abundance  of  rock-fish 
as  enabled  us  to  provide  for  our  guests  and  friends  in  profusion." 
The  shad-fisheries  were  followed  annually  until  into  the  early  part 
of  this  century.  During  the  times  of  the  "communism  of  labor" 
they  were  occasions  of  general  rejoicing,  and  aff"orded  a  bountiful 
return  to  the  community  by  which  they  were  conducted.  The 
faithful  journalists  of  the  day  have  recorded  again  and  again  the 
numbers  taken  at  the  successive  annual  fisheries.  Thus,  in  May, 
1752,  "  1000  shad  were  taken  on  the  10th  of  the  month.  May 
18,  1785,  900  shad  were  caught.  May  5,  1786,  700.  May  21, 
1787,  fished  for  the  last  time  this  season,  and  caught  180  shad  and 
30  rock-fish."  The  scene  of  these  operations  in  early  times  was 
below  the  present  bridge,  the  fish  being  driven  into  a  pound  just 
opposite  the  "Iron  Foundry,"  whence  they  were  thrown  on  the 
grass-covered  bank,  and,  in  the  shade  of  overhanging  water-birches, 
apportioned  into  shining  heaps  for  the  several  divisions  of  the  com- 
munity. The  mode  employed  in  capturing  the  shad  was  borrowed 
from  the  Indians,  and  is  thus  described  by  Loskiel  in  his  "History 
of  the  Indian  Mission."  "When  the  shad-fish  come  up  the  rivers, 
the  Indians  run  a  dam  of  stones  across  the  stream  where  its  depth 
will  admit  of  it,  not  in  a  straight  line,  but  in  two  parts,  verging 
towards  each  other  in  an  angle.  An  opening  is  left  in  the  middle 
for  the  water  to  run  off.  At  this  opening  they  place  a  large  box, 
the  bottom  of  which  is  full  of  holes.     They  then  make  a  rope  of 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  118 

April  29. — Some  of  the  misses  took  a  ride  to  Naza- 
reth with  Sister  Mary. 

Ma?/  18. — This  being  our  dear  Sister  Betsy  Krog- 
strup's  birthday,  we  sang  a  verse  for  her  at  breakfast. 
The  1st  and  2d  classes  had  no  school  to-day  on  this 
account.  Sister  Betsy  gave  the  misses  of  her  room- 
company  a  love-feast. 

Ma?/  26. — To-day  our  school  received  several  visits. 
We  were  preparing  our  clothes  for  the  monthly  prayer- 
day.  The  weekly  New  York  stage  arrived  in  Beth- 
lehem, and  the  Misses  Stuart  and  Bardin  heard  the 
news  of  their  parents'  arrival  here.  Some  of  the  New 
York  misses  received  letters  and  bundles. 

Saturdaij,  27.— This  was  our  prayer-day.  The  first 
meeting  we  attended  was  litany,  the  second  was  a 
reading-meeting,  in  which  Brother  Van  Vleck  read 
accounts  of  the  missionaries  in  Labrador.      At   two 


the  twigs  of  the  wild  vine,  reaching  across  the  stream,  upon  which 
boughs  of  about  six  feet  in  length  are  fastened  at  the  distance  of 
two  fathoms  from  each  other.  A  party  is  now  despatched  about  a 
mile  above  the  dam  with  this  rope  and  its  appendages,  which  begins 
to  move  gently  down  the  current,  some  guiding  one,  some  the  oppo- 
site end,  while  others  keep  the  branches  from  sinking  by  support- 
ing the  rope  in  the  middle  with  wooden  forks.  Thus  they  proceed, 
frightening  the  fish  into  the  opening  left  in  the  middle  of  the  dam, 
where  a  number  of  Indians  are  placed  on  each  side,  who,  standing 
on  the  two  arms  of  the  angle,  drive  the  fish,  with  poles  and  h 
hideous  noise,  through  the  opening  into  the  box  or  enclosure.  Here 
they  lie,  the  water  running  off  through  the  holes  in  the  bottom, 
and  other  Indians,  stationed  on  each  side  of  the  box,  take  them  out, 
kill  them,  and  fill  their  canoes.  By  this  contrivance  they  sometimes 
catch  above  a  thousand  shad  and  other  fish  in  half  a  day." 


114  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

o'clock  we  had  love-feast,  in  which  Brother  Ettwein 
read  the  names  of  aU  the  misses  who  had  entered  the 
school  this  year,  and  a  verse  was  sung  for  them.  After 
this  w^as  our  prayer-meeting. 

May  29. — In  the  evening  we  took  a  delightful  walk, 
and  heard  beautiful  music  from  the  top  of  the  Breth- 
ren's House. 

June  15, — In  the  afternoon  the  ladies  of  our  differ- 
ent rooms  afforded  us  the  pleasure  of  taking  us  long 
walks.  Sister  Kliest  took  her  misses  as  far  as  Dr. 
Lynn's.  Sister  Langaard  went  to  Omensetter's,  and 
Sister  Levering  to  Jost's.  On  our  return  we  were 
happy  to  find  each  one  pleased  with  her  walk. 

July  5. — The  weekly  stage  arrived  from  Philadel- 
phia and  brought  letters  to  the  Philadelphia  misses. 

Aug.  6. — In  the  afternoon  w^e  went  to  see  a  camel  at 
the  tavern,  and  were  all  very  much  pleased  with  it. 

Seft.  17. — Sisters  Kliest  and  Kunz  took  a  ride  with 
several  misses  of  their  room-company. 

Oct.  8. — This  afternoon  we  took  a  very  pleasant  walk 
on  the  island.  The  misses  of  the  old  house  took  a 
long  walk  to  look  for  Miss  Antoinette  Smith's  buckle, 
which  she  lost  yesterday,  and  found  it. 

Aug.  10. — Some  from  the  old  house  took  a  ride  to 
Christian  Spring. 

Nov.  14. — This  w^as  our  dear  little  William  Henry's^ 
birthday.     We  remembered  him  in  love,  and  wished 

^  The  late  Bishop  William  Henry  Van  Vleck. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  115 

him  many  blessings  from  our  Saviour.  We  sung  a 
verse  for  him  at  breakfast.  In  the  2d  reading-elass 
Miss  Thompson  spoke  "  Solitary  Reflections  over  a  Pipe 
of  Tobacco  and  a  Pinch  of  Snuff." 

Nov.  25. — To-day  were  inoculated  for  smallpox  the 
three  misses  Isabella  Tod,  Lucy  Huntington,  and  Faimy 
Whiting. 

Dec.  24. — To-day  we  were  all  very  happy,  as  it  was 
Christmas  eve.  At  one  o'clock  p.m.  we  rehearsed  our 
dialogues.  At  four  we  all  assembled  in  the  dining- 
room,  and  spoke  them  for  the  ministers  of  the  congre- 
gation and  other  company.  In  the  evening  we  at- 
tended meeting  in  the  chapel  kept  by  Brother  Kling- 
sohr,  which  was  delightful.  Towards  the  close,  all  the 
children  under  twelve  years  received  burning  wax 
tapers,  and  the  gallery  was  illuminated  with  fifty 
candles,  in  commemoration  of  its  being  fifty  years 
since  Christmas  was  first  celebrated^  at  Bethlehem  in 
the  first  house. 

It  was  a  favorite  custom  with  Brother  Van  Vleck 
to  issue  his  instructions  to  the  pupils  in  the  form  of 
writing,  either  as  remarks  in  his  review  of  the  journal 
at  the  close  of  each  week,  or  in  distinct  communica- 
tions,  which  were  imparted  by  the  teachers  to  the 

^  Count  Zinzendorf,  who  had  arrived  in  the  '*  Forks  of  the  Dela- 
ware" from  Europe  a  few  days  before  the  event  alluded  to  above, 
conducted  the  joyful  solemnities  of  Christmas  eve,  December  24, 
1741,  in  the  small  block-house.  The  commemoration  of  the  Sa- 
viour's nativity  suggested  to  the  count  a  name  for  the  newly-begun 
settlement,  and  it  was  accordingly  called  Bethlehem. 


116  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

school  when  assembled  at  meals  in  full  body.  Quite  a 
number  of  these  quasi-bulletins,  in  the  handwriting  of 
the  worthy  Principal,  are  among  the  old  papers  in  the 
archives  of  the  Seminary;  and,  to  give  the  reader  a 
general  idea  of  their  character  and  tone,  and  of  the 
purposes  for  which  they  were  occasionally  issued,  the 
following  are  subjoined  : — 

Bethlehem,  February  3,  1792. 
In  perusing  the  journnl  of  last  week  I  was  not  a 
little  surprised  to  read  the  following  paragraph : — "  The 
children  in  both  houses  came  to  evening  prayer  very 
noisy,  which  grieved  the  ladies  much :  therefore  we  dis- 
pensed with  it  that  night."  I  thought,  "  Do  my  dear 
children  so  little  consider  the  importance  of  concluding 
the  day  with  thanksgiving  and  prayer  to  our  dear 
Lord,  and  perhaps  look  upon  it  as  mere  ceremony?"  I 
think  too  well  of  you  all  to  persuade  myself  that  this 
should  be  the  case,  and  hope  you  will  avoid  being 
again  guilty  of  such  inattention  to  your  duty  towards 
your  Maker  and  Redeemer.  J.  V.  V. 

Monday,  July  2,  1792. 
Having  this  evening  examined  the  writing-books 
of  our  dear  daughters,  I  am  very  happy  that  I  can 
inform  you  that  I  had  particular  pleasure  and  satis- 
faction in  perceiving  your  improvement  in  writing  a 
fair  hand,  and  I  request  your  continuance  in  pajdng 
all  attention  and  giving  all  possible  pains  in  obtaining 
this  noble  art.       There  are,   I  must  own,  a  few  ex- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  117 

ceptions  among  the  younger  scholars ;  but  I  am  in 
hopes  that,  by  a  laudable  emulation,  they  will  strive 
to  keep  pace  in  improving  their  writing  with  their 
schoolmates;  and,  on  this  supposition,  I  would  not 
point  them  out.  I  beg  leave  to  express  my  thankful- 
ness to  the  good  tutoresses  for  their  assiduity  and 
care  in  forwarding  our  dear  pupils  in  this  useful 
branch  of  education.  I  hopje  that  the  writing-books 
are  properly  kept,  so  that  they  may  be  sent  or  taken 
home.  J.  V.  V. 

January  6,  1793. 
My  dear  Daughters: — It  is  perhaps  two  years 
since  it  has  become  a  general  and  constant  practice 
in  our  school  to  make  what  is  called  a  love-feast  on 
birthdays,  not  only  with  the  children  and  tutoresses 
of  the  same  room,  but  inviting  a  number  of  other 
children  and  the  greater  part  of  the  tutoresses,  which 
cannot  fail  to  be  attended  with  a  great  deal  of  trouble 
for  the  child  celebrating  her  natal  day,  not  to  mention 
other  inconveniences.  I  have  formerly,  before  this 
general  custom  was  introduced,  seen  many  children 
celebrate  their  birthdays  as  happily,  and  more  so,  than 
is  the  case  now;  and,  considering  the  main  object  of 
solemnizing  a  birthday  to  be,  that  with  a  joyful  and 
thankful  heart  to  our  Creator  and  Redeemer  we  praise 
him  on  this  day  for  all  the  manifold  favors  he  has  be- 
stowed on  us  since  our  entrance  into  this  mortal  life, 
and  imploring  his  protection,  care,  and  divine  benedic- 


118  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

tioii  for  our  future  course  in  life, — moreover,  consider- 
ing the  great  number  of  our  scholars,  when  to  every 
five  days  of  the  year  there  is  one  birthday,  and  from 
other  considerations, — I  have  thought  it  advisable  for 
this  year  to  limit  the  present  mode  in  the  following 
manner:  Every  child  shall  be  permitted  to  make  a 
love-feast  on  the  first  birthday  she  celebrates  in  our 
school,  if  she  chooses  or  wishes  it,  with  the  children 
and  tutoresses  of  her  room,  inviting  a  few  of  her 
nearest  acquaintances,  if  she  desire,  not  exceeding  six 
in  number,  and  perhaps  a  few  of  the  tutoresses,  being 
assured  that  none  of  the  rest  will  be  offended  for  not 
being  invited.  I  have  said  purposely  "/or  this  yearT 
If  we  should  live  to  see  another  year,  this  rule  may  be 
confirmed  and  continued,  or  altered  according  as  it 
shall  be  most  suitable.  If  two  or  three  children  in  the 
same  room,  who  have  their  birthdays  near  together, 
being  the  first  time  here,  will  join  together  for  a  love- 
feast  on  one  day,  it  is  very  weU.  J.  V.  V. 

April  22,  1793. 
My  dear  Daughters  : — It  is  some  time  since  I  had 
it  in  contemplation  whether  it  might  perhaps  be  agree- 
able to  3^ou  to  be  entertained  during  dinner  with 
reading  from  books  which  were  both  instructive  and 
pleasing.  Having  now  consulted  your  dear  tutoresses 
on  the  subject,  they  agreed  with  me  that  it  would  do 
no  harm  to  make  a  trial,  and  that  a  beginning  should 
be  made  to-day.      Two,   three,  or  four  of   the  best 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  119 

readers,  who  have  an  audible  voice,  will  be  appointed 
to  take  turns,  and  I  have  no  doubt  they  will  do  it 
willingly.  But  the  following  points  will  be  needful  to 
be  punctually  observed,  in  order  to  obtain  its  proper 
aim, — viz.:  That  all  our  dear  daughters  punctually 
attend  in  the  dining-room  when  the  bell  rings,  that  as 
much  as  possible  every  noise  or  disturbance  by  talk- 
ing, or  by  the  knives,  forks,  spoons,  and  plates,  may 
be  avoided,  and  that,  without  urgent  necessity,  no 
child  leaves  the  table  till  grace  is  said  or  a  verse  sung. 
I  have  been  in  a  school  where  this  reading  during 
dinner  was  customary,  and  our  scholars  were  very 
fond  of  it.  J.  V.  V. 

From  a  series  of  dialogues,  entitled  "Winter  Amuse- 
ments," composed,  for  the  diversion  of  the  pupils,  early 
in  1793,  by  Sister  Kliest,  a  few  extracts  are  given 
below,  which  doubtless  will  be  read  with  gratification. 
Unpretending  as  they  are,  they  abound  in  pleasing 
sentiment,  and  reflect  a  mind  feelingly  alive  to  the 
beauties  of  nature,  and  a  heart  imbued  with  love  to 
the  God  of  nature  and  the  Redeemer  of  mankind. 
The  series  consists  of  three  pieces, — "  The  Seasons," 
"  The  Sufferings  of  Christ,"  and  "  The  Aborigines  of 
America,"  from  the  first-named  of  which  the  ensuing 
selections  are  made : — 

ANN    BINGHAM. 

"In  -wintry  days,  when  snow  o'erspreads  the  earth, 
When  fire  not  only  decks  the  kitchen-hearth, 
No !  each  apartment  craves  the  social  charm, 
Its  occupants,  benumb'd  with  cold,  to  warm; 


120  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

The  strongest  walls  not  shelter  are  sufficient; 

Each  art  else  tried  would  prove  by  far  deficient. 

The  element  of  fire  alone  has  power 

To  give  to  winter  many  a  cheerful  hour. 

Now,  while  rough  Boreas  raves  and  keeps  the  ground 

With  icicles,  his  stronger  fetters,  bound, 

These  close  cohere,  and  form  a  carpet  white, 

Which  various  colors  yields  by  solar  light. 

No  garden-bed  is  seen  in  native  state. 

Still  does  each  Phoebus'  call  with  patience  wait; 

The  trees,  too,  and  the  shrubs,  with  crystals  graced, 

Which  pendent  on  their  every  spray  are  traced. 

Proclaim  rougb  winter.     On  the  mountain's  face 

No  flocks  are  seen,  no  herds  of  cattle  graze ; 

Those  likewise  are  in  wintry  garb  array' d, 

And  these  in  stables  find  from  storms  a  sbade. 

Let's  sing  of  winter,  my  companions  dear, 

Let's  try  if  dreary  winter  cannot  cheer  ! 

Yes,  every  season  is  replete  with  mirth. 

Since  all  in  nature  owes  to  God  its  birth. 

JANE    VAN    VLECK. 

*'  Yes,  'tis  a  truth,  even  winter  has  its  charms  ; 
There's  something  pleasing  in  the  North's  alarms. 
Besides  that  each  variety's  a  beauty, 
To  praise  tbe  Lord  for  winter's  gift's  a  duty. 
The  benefits  to  nature  which  accrue. 
If  well  considered,  are  not  found  a  few. 
The  industrious  earth,  which  nourishes  each  life, 
Can  rest  even  while  the  elements  are  at  strife. 
The  heavy  mantle,  too,  which  decks  the  ground, 
Its  food  and  nourishment  to  be  is  found. 
It  keeps  the  grain,  intrusted  to  the  eartb. 
From  death,  and  hastens  its  expected  birtb: 
This  does  our  lives, — and  grass  the  beasts  sustain; 
For  both,  the  snow  does  never  fall  in  vain. 

SARAH    HALSEY. 

"  Let  us  embrace  every  moment  of  this,  to  us,  so  very  salutary 
winter  season  for  improvement   and   study  in  our  friendly  warm 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  121 

rooms  from  what  we  daily  see  and  hear,  from  the  chilly  beauties  of 
winter  which  we  behold  around  us,— from  the  many  useful  books 
we  have,  from  the  uninterrupted  lessons,  and  thousand  other 
benefits  we  receive;— and  this  so  eagerly,  that  when  the  gentle- 
zephyrs  renew  the  globe  and  warm  it  for  vegetation  and  new  beau- 
ties, we  with  the  greatest  advantage  may  behold  and  thank  the 
Author  of  nature  for  the  cheerful  scene. 

PATTY   RAKESTRAW. 

"  Then  we  also  can  visit  our  little  gardens  again ! 

HARRIET  SMITH. 

"  Oh,  how  delighted  I  shall  be  to  behold  our  hyacinths,  narcissus, 
snowdrops,  and  tulips  peep  forth  from  the  ground,  and  the  rose- 
bush and  willow  shoot  forth  their  little  tender  branches,  and  the 
peach  and  apple  trees  blossom ! 

ELIZABETH   COLEMAN. 

"Yes,  we  live  in  joyful   expectation  of  this!     Then  we   shall 

a<»ain  see  the  little  lambs  sport  on  the  hills  and  the  cattle  in  the 

fields;    then  will  the  little  birds  return  and  cheer  us  with  their 

sweet  melody. 

Sun(j. 

"■  When,  approach'd  by  the  fair,  dewy  fingers  of  Spring, 

Swelling  buds  open  first  and  look  gay, 
When  the  birds  on  the  boughs  by  their  mates  sit  and  sing, 

And  are  danced  by  the  breeze  on  each  spray, 
May  I  listen  to  all  the  soft,  tender,  sweet  notes. 

When  the  birds  praise  their  Maker  so  dear, 
Jlind  the  neat  little  warblers,  in  stretching  their  throats, 

Are  at  strife  who  can  sing  the  most  clear. 
Then  in  rural  delights  I  would  spend  all  my  time, 

When  the  fields  and  the  meadows  look  gay. 
With  my  sisters,  whose  friendship  surpasses  my  rhyme, 

I  would  spend  in  sweet  converse  the  day, 
Then  retire  to  the  cottage,  that's  free  from  the  noise 

Of  all  discord,  of  envy  and  strife, — 
Thus  tasting  completely  those  innocent  joys 

That  flow  from  a  sweet  rural  life. 

PATTY    HENRY. 

"  Then  will  the  pleasing,  lovely  color,  green. 
Again  in  gardens  and  in  meads  be  seen, 


122  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

And  here  and  there  the  modest  violet  will 

Peep  through  the  green  near  every  purling  rill. 

Anemones,  ranunculuses  sweet, 

Will  spring  where,  near  the  Lehigh,  walk  our  feet. 

While  zephyrs  waft  their  aromatic  scent, 

And  paints  our  fancy  a  new  element. 

This  to  delight  will  trees  and  shrubs  unfold 

Blossoms  whose  fruit  more  precious  is  than  gold. 

And  modest  vines,  which  humbly  creep  along. 

With  choicest  fruit  in  summer  days  will  throng. 

Oh,  sing  the  charms  of  Spring,  the  lovely  season ! 

Sing  His  great  name  who's  of  these  charms  the  reason ! 

His  hands  outstretch'd  but  blessing  to  bestow. 

Oh,  let  us,  by  these  works,  learn  God  the  Lord  to  know ! 


ABIGAIL    FIELD. 

Now,  after  Gemini  our  globe  has  pass'd. 

And  we  have  Cancer's  tropic  reach'd  at  last, 

The  roses  smile  and  yield  a  fragrant  scent, 

Both  white  and  red.     Yea,  where  our  steps  are  bent 

New  charms  arise  5  carnations  of  all  hues 

Spring  from  the  beds  in  manner  quite  profuse ; 

The  lilies  stand  erect,  in  noble  form. 

As  if  to  face  undaunted  every  storm ; 

The  lovely  pansies,  smiling,  deck  the  ground  : 

Where'er  we  look,  a  flowering  charm  is  found. 

Here  the  convolvulus  ofi"ers  all  her  "sweets 

To  the  little  bird  which  with  its  hums  it  greets. 

There  sips  the  bee  the  nectar  from  the  flower. 

Here  haunts  the  yellow-bird  the  honeysuckle-bower. 

The  currant-bushes  with  rich  clusters  bend, 

By  our  kind  Lord  for  our  refreshment  meant. 

The  cherries,  black  and  red  and  variegated, 

(How  frequently  our  appetites  they've  sated  !) 

Are  now  full  ripe.     The  goose  and  rasp  berry  fine, 

And  whortleberries, — each  a  gift  divine, — 

With  numerous  others,  prove  a  rich  repast, 

While  Cancer,  Leo,  Virgo's  reign  do  last. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  123 

RACHEL   HOWARD. 

"  He  who  though  Boreas'  howls  in  winter  spake 
Now  speaks  in  thunder. — See !  black  clouds,  they  break  I 
Out  bursts  the  sound,  and  fills  with  dread  amaze 
All  nature;  horrified  the  creatures  gaze. 
This  too  a  boon  for  to  allay  the  heat 
And  moist  the  parched  ground  below  our  feet, 
And  other  benefits.     How  cheering  prove 
These  showers  of  rain,  which  plants  and  trees  do  move ! 
The  golden  ears  now  ripen,  and  each  field 
Hastes  for  our  use  its  choicest  fruits  to  yield. 

SARAH   BOWEN. 

"Thus,  in  these  lengthen'd  days,  when  nature  toils. 
And,  pleased,  on  those  who  reap  its  pleasures  smiles; 
Where'er  we  cast  our  eyes,  we  plainly  see 
And  richly  taste  the  mighty  Deity. 
The  rural  landscape,  ne'er  two  scenes  alike, 
Must  every  eye  with  awe  and  wonder  strike. 
All  order  is ;  analogous  is  all ; 
Still,  not  two  leaves  can  we  quite  equal  call. 
Two  trees  are  ne'er  exactly  like  in  height, 
Two  flowers,  examined,  differ  at  near  sight. 
Oh,  wonders  inexpressible  I     Who  can 
Attempt  the  Author  of  the  world  to  scan? — 
While  thus  we  stand  amazed,  and  contemplate 
The  God  who  nature  has  thus  rich  array'd. 
New  beauties  open,  for  the  earth  descends 
And  enters  Libra :  here  the  Summer  ends. 

MARIA    M.  FLAGG. 
"  Now  pears  and  apples,  grapes  and  peaches,  glow, 
Each  of  intent  the  finest  hue  to  show 
And  richest  flavor. — Now  the  nuts  fall  down, 
From  trees  o'ercharged, — the  hickory,  walnut,  brown. 
The  hazel,  (various  tastes  I)  and  those  that  man 
Finds  of  no  use,  seek  hungry  beasts  that  can 
Find  plenty  then. — Now  nature  hastes  to  night. 
'Tis  eve  already :  what  a  difierent  sight 
From  months  just  past !    The  woods,  which  first  were  green, 


124  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Are  now  in  parti-colored  garments  seen, — 
Red,  green,  and  yellow,  spotted;  and  all  these 
Afford  a  sight  which  cannot  fail  to  please. 
'Twould  be  a  pleasure  dull,  were  hope  not  near 
They  will  ere  long  in  vernal  robes  appear. 
Look  now  for  flowers, — the  choicest  of  the  mead  : 
They're  gone !     What's  left  ?  some  naked  stalks,  indeed. 
E'en  mankind  busy  are  to  strip  the  trees 
Of  fruit  yet  left ;  and  now  they  rob  the  bees ; 
Bring  all  the  presents  home  which  nature  yields, 
And  leave  to  rest  the  gardens,  orchards,  fields. 
Sun(jf. 
"  And  now,  when  the  husbandman  sings  his  harvest-home, 

And  the  corn's  got  all  in  the  house. 
When  the  long-wished- for  season  of  plenty  is  come. 

When  country-swains  feast  and  carouse. 
Let's  enjoy  all  the  pleasures  retirement  affords. 

Still  amused  with  our  innocent  play, 
Nor  envy  the  pomp  and  the  grandeur  of  courts. 

Which  appear  like  the  sport  of  a  day." 

If  the  remembrance  of  any  one  of  the  great  fes- 
tivals of  the  Christian  Church,  as  celebrated  by  the 
Brethren,  is  fixed  on  the  minds  of  those  who  have 
been  pupils  of  their  Seminary  at  Bethlehem,  it  is  un- 
questionably that  of  Christmas.  The  season  is  one  of 
pleasing  and  impressive  religious  and  social  festivities, 
many  of  them  peculiar,  and  all  designed  to  afford  a 
lively  conception  of  the  great  event  which  is  the  sub- 
ject of  commemoration.  The  minds  and  hearts  espe- 
cially of  the  young  are  addressed  by  truthful  illustra- 
tion, and  their  grateful  love  called  forth  in  view  of 
the  incarnation  of  the  Son  of  God.  The  shepherds 
watching  their  flocks  by  night, — the  song  of  the  celes- 
tial heralds, — the  babe  in  the  manger, — the  adoration 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  125 

of  the  wise  men, — furnish  themes  for  discourse  in  the 
house  of  God,  and  subjects  for  the  exercise  of  unpre- 
tending yet  earnest  art  in  the  homes  of  even  the  low- 
liest. There  is  not  a  house  without  its  room  in  which 
a  corner  is  set  apart  from  year  to  year  for  the  pictorial 
representation  of  events  in  connection  with  the  Sa- 
viour's birth.  The  parent  delights  to  deck  the  conse- 
crated spot  with  wreaths  of  spruce  and  boughs  of 
shining  laurel, — fit  garniture  of  scenes  which  are 
destined  to  bloom  with  unfading  beauty  and  be  forever 
green  in  the  memory  of  the  child.  In  the  afternoon 
of  the  24th  of  December,  there  is  a  special  service  for 
the  children,  in  which  they  celebrate  the  vigils  of 
Christmas  eve. 

The  boys  and  girls,  in  their  respective  schools, 
occupy  the  seats  immediately  before  the  minister,  in 
accordance  with  a  usage  by  which  the  Church  intends 
to  signify  her  care  for  the  little  ones  of  the  flock,  to 
whom  she  would  assign  even  the  choicest  place  in  the 
sanctuary,  and  nearest  to  him  who  is  to  testify  to  them 
of  the  love  of  the  Grood  Shepherd.  Mothers  also 
bring  their  helpless  babes,  desirous  that  their  tender 
offspring  may  participate  in  the  blessings  of  the  joyful 
occasion.  The  gospel  narrative  of  the  Saviour's  birth, 
which  is  read  on  opening  the  services,  furnishes  the 
minister  matter  for  discourse,  in  which  he  strives  to 
impress  the  hearts  of  his  hearers  with  the  love  and 
condescension  of  God  in  the  incarnation  of  his  Son. 

The   children  raise  their  voices  in   the   Christmas 


126  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

hymns  which  they  were  taught  in  the  schools,  or  unite 
them  with  those  of  the  choir  in  anthems  of  gladness  and 
praise;  and  when,  near  the  close,  Christ  is  being  sung  as 
the  "  Light  of  the  World"  and  "  Sun  of  Righteousness," 
the  doors  of  the  hall  are  thrown  open,  and  hundreds 
of  burning  wax  tapers  illumine  the  uncertain  light  of 
decHning  day,  words  cannot  express  the  delight  beam- 
ing in  the  countenances  of  the  happy  gathering  of  little 
ones.  Who  that  has  witnessed  the  scene  has  not 
left  the  sanctuary  with  a  deep  and  abiding  impression 
of  its  fitting  solemnities,  if  not  with  a  desire  to  be  once 
more  a  child,  and  with  its  simplicity  of  faith  expe- 
rience the  joys  and  consolations  of  religion  ?  A  few 
years  ago,  an  elderly  lady,  formerly  a  pupil  of  the 
Seminary,  visited  Bethlehem  in  the  Christmas  season, 
and  was  a  spectator  at  the  children's  meeting  on 
Christmas  eve,  in  which  she  had  annually  participated 
during  her  term  at  school.  It  was  a  solemn  hour  in 
her  life.  The  memories  of  former  days  crowded  to 
her  mind.  She  again  heard  the  voices  of  those  who 
had  been  the  companions  of  her  youth, — voices  long 
since  hushed  in  the  quiet  of  the  tomb.  Their  images 
rose  up  in  review;  but  they  were  subtle  and  eva- 
nescent as  the  visions  of  a  dream,  and  left  her  more 
desolate,  a  solitary  relict  of  the  past. 

As  if  desirous  of  being  carried  back  through  the  lapse 
of  almost  three-quarters  of  a  century,  she  requested  to 
have  a  burning  taper  given  into  her  trembling  hand ; 
and,  as  she  gazed  on  this  emblem  of  that  Light  which 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  127 

had  been  pointed  out  to  her  in  childhood  as  a  comfort 
in  the  dark  hours  of  affliction  and  a  guide  to  unfading 
happiness,  the  emotions  of  her  heart  overcame  her, 
and  she  wept  and  rejoiced  as  one  who  unexpectedly 
finds  a  costly  treasure,  in  whose  pursuit  years  of 
weary  search  have  been  fruitlessly  spent. 

The  importance  attached  to  this  festival  by  the 
Brethren  induced  them  to  interest  also  the  children 
intrusted  to  their  care  from  abroad  in  their  method 
of  its  celebration.  In  the  first  years  of  the  Seminary, 
this  was  in  keeping  with  the  simplicity  of  the  times, 
and,  if  not  as  artistic  in  detail  and  effect  as  at  a  later 
day,  not  the  less  productive  of  serious  and  abiding  im- 
pressions. The  attention  of  the  younger  pupils  was 
more  especially  sought  to  be  engaged,  and  the  sus- 
ceptibilities of  their  tender  hearts  to  be  touched,  by 
apt  and  pleasing  illustration.  It  was  for  them  that 
Christmas  eve  brought  stores  of  happiness,  when,  after 
the  public  services,  they  were  for  the  first  time  shown 
into  the  room  which  the  hands  of  the  teachers  had 
fancifully  garnished,  and  when,  amid  representations 
of  summer  landscapes,  with  mossy  banks  and  mimic 
lakes  and  streams,  they  recognised  the  stable  at  Beth- 
lehem, and,  within,  the  virgin  mother  cradling  the  in- 
fant Saviour  of  a  world  in  the  manger's  straw,  side  by 
side  with  the  brute  occupants  of  the  stall.  Not  only 
was  it  customary  to  decorate  the  several  rooms  with 
evergreens,  and  exhibit  in  each  transparencies  of  scenes 
relative  to  the  Nativity,  and  of  appropriate  Scripture 


128  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

texts ;  but  the  dining-hall  and  chapel  were  also  adorned 
in  like  manner;  and  here  the  pupils  assembled,  in  the 
presence  of  the  ministers  of  the  place  and  other  friends 
of  the  institution,  to  discourse,  in  dialogue,  of  the  great 
event  to  which  the  season  was  consecrated.  In  Bro- 
ther Van  Vleck's  administration,  it  would  appear,  the 
occasion  had  already  become  one  of  general  interest 
and  importance,  as  well  to  the  residents  of  the  town 
as  to  the  inmates  of  the  school. 

With  the  commencement  of  Advent,  preparations 
were  made  for  the  coming  festivities.  Christmas 
hymns  were  taught  and  sung  in  place  of  the  ordinary 
duties  of  the  school-hours.  The  latter  were  frequently 
dropped  altogether  when  the  "  calm  mild  days"  of  de- 
clining autumn  warned  of  the  near  approach  of  winter, 
and  the  necessity  of  securing  the  moss  from  the  moun- 
tain-side before  hidden  from  view  by  a  covering  of  snow. 

The  ingenuity  of  the  older  pupils  was  exercised  in 
preparing  ornaments  and  flowers  for  the  purposed 
decorations,  and  the  teachers  furnished  contributions 
to  the  general  fund  in  the  composition  of  dialogues 
and  recitations.  Those  prepared  for  Christmas  eve  of 
1795  and  1798  are  inserted  in  the  Appendix,  as  choice 
specimens  of  their  kind.  They  are  the  efforts  of  that 
gifted  mind  who  sought  to  render  her  talents  and 
accomplishments  subservient  to  the  best  interests  of 
her  youthful  charge.  Doubtless  their  perusal*  will 
recall  many  a  forgotten  scene  or  incident ;  and,  while 
the  beauties  of  the  sacred  muse  cannot  fail  to  gratify 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  129 

a  truly  refined  taste,  the  Christian  heart  will  feel  its  ten- 
derest  chords  vibrating  in  unison  with  hers,  whose  ado- 
ration of  the  great  mystery  of  godhness,  God  manifested 
in  the  flesh,  glows  with  ecstatic  fervor  in  every  line. 

The  year  1795  is  memorable  in  the  annals  of  the 
Seminary  as  the  year  in  which  Death,  for  the  first 
time,  entered  its  precincts  and  claimed  a  victim  from 
the  number  of  its  youthful  inmates.  "  On  the  22d  of 
May,"  writes  the  Principal,  in  his  yearly  review  of  the 
Institution,  "  it  pleased  the  Lord  to  take  one  of  our 
pupils,  Miss  Anna  Allen,^  after  a  short  illness,  into  the 
heavenly  mansions  of  eternal  rest."  A  week  before 
her  demise,  she  was  apparently  in  the  enjoyment  of 
usual  health,  and  one  of  a  company  of  friends  who 
met  at  "  vesper-table"  to  pass  the  leisure  hours  of  the 
Saturday  afternoon  in  the  pleasures  of  social  converse. 
Little  did  her  companions  heed  her  declaration  that  at 
their  next  meeting  she  would  not  be  one  of  the  num- 
ber, but,  instead,  a  guest  at  her  Saviour's  table  in 
heaven.  The  forebodings  of  a  mysterious  presentiment 
were,  however,  unerringly  prophetic ;  and  before  the 
dawn  of  another  Saturday  she  had  exchanged  her 
robes  of  festive  white,  in  which  she  last  appeared 
among  her  associates,  for  the  spotless  drapery  of  the 

*  Miss  Allen  was  a  niece  of  Ethan  Allen,  of  Revolutionary  note, — 
the  "  Green  Mountain  partisan  who  seized  upon  the  Keys  of  Cham- 
plain."  On  the  13th  of  May,  1778,  this  celebrated  character  visited 
Bethlehem,  in  company  with  General  Gates  and  his  lady,  on  their 
way  to  Peekskill.  Allen  had  just  been  exchanged,  and  was  on  his 
return  to  his  own  fireside  in  Vermont. 

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130  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

tomb.  It  was  a  blow  that  fell  heavily  on  the  hearts 
of  those  who  had  supplied  the  place  of  parents  to 
the  youthful  deceased  in  the  home  of  her  adoption. 
Teachers  and  comrades  mourned  her  loss  with  incon- 
solable grief,  for  she  had  been  endeared  to  both  by  an 
amiable  and  affectionate  disposition,  and  by  the  pos- 
session of  those  female  accomplishments  of  deportment 
and  education  which  render  their  possessor  a  universal 
favorite.  Her  remains  were  followed  to  the  graveyard 
by  weeping  companions,  all  dressed  in  w^hite,  and  the 
spot  which  she  had  desired  might  be  her  final  resting- 
place  is  marked,  in  accordance  with  Moravian  usage, 
by  a  rectangular  slab  of  marble  resting  on  the  bosom 
of  the  silent  sleeper,  and  bears  this  record  of  her 
brief  existence : — 

Anna  Allen, 

Daughter  of  Levi  and  Ann  Allen. 

Born  Dec.  6,  1780, 

in  St.  John's,  Canada. 

A  pupil  of  the  Boarding- School. 

Departed  this  life 

May  22d,  1795. 

The  following  lines  were  written  on  the  occasion  by 

Sister  Kliest : — 

"  Yes  !  it  has  pleased  the  Lord,  who  first  had  given, 
To  pluck  this  flower,  and  transplant  it  into  heaven. 
God,  who,  with  gentle  sway,  the  heavens  does  rule, 
Has  deign'd  to  visit  humble  Bethlehem's  school. 

"  Our  Anna's  gone  ! — gone  to  eternal  rest ; 
She  with  her  Saviour  is  supremely  blest ; 
She,  whose  delight  it  was  to  play  and  sing, 
Now  hails  in  songs  sublime  the  matchless  King. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  lol 

"  Nine  years  are  past ; — no  visit  of  this  kind  ? 
Was  not  the  Saviour's  heart  to  us  inclined  ? 
Or,  rather,  would  he  kindly  cause  that  bliss, 
Good  health,  to  prove  part  of  our  happiness  ? 

"  Oh,  yes  !  all  that  he  does  is  right  and  good,  • 

If  but  by  mortals  rightly  understood. 
We'll  thank  him  for  the  former  blessings  given  ; 
We'll  thank  for  taking  one  of  us  to  heaven. 

"  Is't  not,  as  heard  we  our  dear  Anna  say, 
'  I  go,  companions,  far  from  you  away  : 
Call'd  by  our  Saviour,  I  obey  his  word, 
I  go  to  view  my  Saviour  and  my  God. 

"  '  You'll  follow  me,  when  'tis  your  time  and  turn  ; 
Prepare,  so  that  your  lamp,  well  trimm'd,  may  burn  ; 
The?'e  you  are  pilgrims ;  here's  a  better  home. 
Where  to  an  end  all  earthly  troubles  come.' 

"  'Tis  Anna's  voice !  yes,  blessed  soul,  we'll  try 
Our  lamps  with  oil  here  richly  to  supply. 
Faith  in  the  Lamb  for  wretched  sinners  slain, 
Oh,  may  we,  by  his  boundless  grace,  obtain  ! 

''  But  thou  enjoyesfc !  thine's  to  fruition  turn'd  I 
Oh,  happy  thou  !  who  here  on  earth  has  mourn'd. 
Thy  tears  are  turn'd  to  joy  !     Thou  join'st  the  host 
That  praise  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost ! 

"  The  golden  harps  which  seraphim  there  strike — 
What  music  here  on  earth  to  them  is  like  ? 
They  suit  thy  taste, — hence,  sing  without  cessation, 
Thy  Saviour's  praise,  the  praise  of  his  salvation. 

"  Thy  hapless  parents !     Oh,  may  Jesus  smile  : 
Their  hours  of  just  regret  and  grief  beguile  ! 
Their  only  heir — their  hope,  by  Heaven  given, — 
Oh,  lofty  change  ! — is  now  an  heir  of  heaven  I 

"  Not  long  ere  thou  with  joy  shalt  see  them  come. 
And  enter  regions  where  thou'rt  now  at  home  ; 
Then,  neither  time  nor  distance,  grief  nor  pain. 
Shall  separate  : — ye'U  never  part  again." 


132  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

The  death  of  the  first  President  of  the  United 
States,  on  the  14th  of  December,  1799,  at  Mount 
Vernon,  was  feelingly  alluded  to  by  the  pupils,  when, 
on  New, Year's  day  of  1800,  they  met,  in  conformity 
with  the  custom  then  in  vogue,  of  reviewing  the  dis- 
pensations of  Providence  in  their  own  households  and 
in  the  circle  of  beloved  friends  during  the  expired 
year.  As  we  have  seen,  they  had  been  taught  to  re- 
commend the  chief-magistrate  of  the  land  to  the  favor 
and  protection  of  Heaven  on  the  annual  return  of  his 
birthday,  and  on  this  occasion  they  joined  with  thou- 
sands in  paying  the  tribute  of  just  regret  at  the  de- 
parture of  a  great  and  good  man.  The  dialogue  spoken 
was  varied  with  song,  and  contains  the  following  allu- 
sion to  the  death  of  Washington  : — 

ANN  GRAHAM. 

"  Yet  this,  I'm  sure,  the  tender,  feeling  heart, 
Which  bears  in  all  his  children's  griefs  a  part, 
Will  gently  pardon  when  we  deeply  grieve 
That  Washington  has  ceased  on  earth  to  live'. 
Is't  possible  ?     Well  may  Columbia  mourn  ; 
Well  sit  in  sable  weeds,  sad  and  forlorn. 
Her  father,  her  protector  and  her  stay. 
Her  prop  on  which  she  lean'd,  is  snatch'd  away. 
The  sage,  the  prudent,  noble  Washington  ; 
Her  father  true  !  and  yet  her  favorite  son  ! 
Virginia  nursed  him,  led  his  earliest  youth 
On  in  the  paths  of  virtue  and  of  truth, 
Till  he  stood  forth  and  acted  such  a  part 
Which  can  dictate  none  but  a  father's  heart. 
Vain  glory  he  abhorr'd;  but  solid  fame 
Spread  through  the  world  his  loved,  his  glorious  name ! 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  io3 

Pardon  our  sighs,  thou  dear,  compassionate  Friend, 

Thou  knowest  his  country  oft  did  prayers  send, 

For  his  long  life,  to  Thee ;  and  Thou  hast  heard. 

And  unto  us  thus  long  thy  servant  spared. 

Still  grieve  we  at  his  flight !     This  sun  is  set, — 

Will  never  rise  to  us  !     We  weep ;  and  yet 

We  trust  in  Thee,  who  never,  never  diest. 

Thou'rt  still  our  Friend  !     Thou'rt  gracious  and  all-wise  ! 

But  unto  him,  Thy  servant,  now  at  rest, 

Who's  in  possession  of  those  joys  most  blest. 

Which  never  end,  give  for  our  prayers,  0  Lord  ! 

And  for  Columbia's  sake,  a  rich  reward  !" 

Song. 
Solo  I. — I'll  sing  in  mournful  strain  : 

The  great,  the  good,  is  gone  ! 
Lament  with  me  our  country's  loss, 
The  loss  of  Washington  ! 

Solo  II. — And  is,  indeed,  he  gone, 

Snatch'd  from  Columbia  dear  ? 
Shall  we  behold  our  Washington, 
Our  friend,  no  longer  here  ? 

Solo  I. — No  longer  !  'tis  too  true  ! 
His  spirit  flew  away, 
Soar'd  high  above  the  skies,  and  lives 
And  moves  in  endless  day  ! 

Chorus.  — Sweet  roses  form  a  grove,  and  flourish 

On  the  tomb  of  Washington  ! 
Thou  hallow' d  soil,  the  cypress  nourish 

Near  the  tomb  of  Washington  ! 
And  we'll  be,  till  our  breath  is  failing, 
Columbia's  recent  loss  bewailing. 

A  life  thus  fraught  with  toil  and  glory. 

As  led  our  Washington, 
Serenely  ends.     With  locks  quite  hoary. 

Departs  our  Washington  ! 
The  wise,  the  constant,  the  unshaken, 
Too  soon  is  from  his  country  taken  ! 


134  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

The  victor  great,  whose  deeds  with  wonder 

Columbia's  enemies  heard, 
And  trembled  when  with  Justice  yonder 

He  in  the  field  appear' d, 
Firm  on  the  God  of  heaven  relying, 
A  Christian  hero  proved  when  dying. 

He  died  :  but  oh,  his  soul  still  liveth 

Before  Jehovah's  throne  ! 
The  Judge  of  all  with  smiles  now  giveth 

A  crown  to  Washington. 
See  him,  ye  weeping  eyes  !  or,  rather, 
With  joy  behold  in  joys  our  father. 

Solo. — His  taper,  here  consumed, 

(It  was  Columbia's  light,) 
Sends  forth  a  holier  flame,  and  shines 
In  regions  ever  bright. 

The  Conqueror  of  our  foes,  . 

The  Saviour  of  mankind. 
To  his  redeemed  soul  in  heaven 

Has  endless  bliss  assign'd. 

Chorus. — Our  Washington  is  blest; 

He  rests  from  all  his  toil ; 

Oh,  may  his  many  virtues  live 

Long  on  Columbia's  soil ! 

Saturday,  the  22d  of  February,  1800,  having  been 
designated  by  Government  as  a  day  to  be  kept  with 
religious  solemnities  throughout  the  confederated 
States,  in  memory  of  the  lately-deceased  President, 
the  pupils  of  the  Seminary  participated  in  the  public 
services  in  the  chapel,  and  afterwards,  in  their  own 
hall,  sang  the  following  ode  to  the  accompaniment  of 
musical  instruments : — 


BETHLEHEM  SOUVENIR.  135 

"  A  great  man,  and  a  hero,  his  country's  father, 

Took  leave  forever !     Columbia  is  mourning !  • 

Wailing  and  sighing,  lamentations  ardent, 
Ascend  up  to  heaven. 

"  Not  greater  could  our  orb's  resplendent  lustre, 
Sol,  find  a  mortal ;  none  to  be  rank'd  his  equal. 
This  great  man,  alas  !  "Washington,  our  friend. 
Is  fallen  asleep. 

Oh,  painful,  oh,  sad  reflection  ! 

"  Mourn  him  whom  often,  with  heart's  trepidation, 
Liberty's  foe  saw,  when,  with  brow  menacing, 
He  stood  the  victor  !     Flying  they  were,  leaving 
Armor  and  colors ! 


"He,  e'er  triumphant,  whom  just  Heaven  applauded; 
When  our  battles  fighting,  he  alone  a  legion  ! 
Fix'd  our  independence  happily,  and  founded 
Our  blessed  Union. 

"  Death  now,  triumphant,  sits  on  this  front ;  and  silent  are 
Those  lips,  whence  stream'd  forth  mellifluous  doctrine, 
Which  flints  might  soften,  forcing  contumacious 
Hearts  to  compliance. 

"  His  spirit,  bent  heavenward,  fled  from  earth ; 
Burst  its  shackles,  and  appear'd  in  the  regions 
Bright  reserved  for  the  blest  shades  :  there  angels  hail'd  him ; 
God  bid  him  enter. 

"  Thy  much-loved  name,  0  Washington,  had  reach'd 
Heaven's  highest  step,  ere  a  saint  thou  hadst  arrived 
In  mansions  celestial,— where  thou,  exalted,  still 
Regard'st  Columbia. 

"  Numberless  favors  eternize  thee  !     Future  ages 
Bless  thy  memory ;  and  all  the  arts  of  Peace, 
Join'd  in  chorus,  thy  loss  lamenting. 
Crowd  to  thy  sepulchre. 


136  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

"  Although  the  Muses,  in  this  state  imperfect, 
This  wotld  sublunary,  are  unable  to  recall 
Thee  with  their  sounds  melodious,  still,  they  will  not  leave  thee 
Unsung,  unpraised. 

"  Thee,  who  formerly  didst  teach  the  art  of  warfare ; 
Steel  are  those  hearts  which  clung  to  thy  loved  banner : 
Stimulate  them  to  die  a  glorious  death  for 
Thy  native  country ! 

"  Thee,  the  protector,  the  guardian,  observant 
Of  privileges  to  the  weak  and  stronger ; 
Who  sparedst  the  public,  but  not  thine  own,  treasure, — 
Charity  dispensing. 

"  Thy  horn  of  plenty  imparted  its  blessings  ; 
Aided,  succor'd  indigence  :   forgetting 
Toils  of  war,  thine  own  hands  cultured  thy  grounds  fertile, 
Veteran  illustrious  ! 

"  Thy  grateful  servants,  freed  from  bondage. 
As  father,  mourn  thee ;  and  Mount  Vernon's  echoes 
Reverberate  plaintive  sounds.    Tears  of  sorrow,  copiously  flowing, 
Swell  the  Potomac. 

"  Ever  active,  laborious  for  our  welfare. 
Chieftain  incomparable  !  in  the  Senate 
Sage  and  magnanimous  !     Columbia's  Fabius, 
Who  can  forget  thee  ! 

"  May  our  God  thee  reward  with  heaven's  treasures. 
'  Thou  faithful  servant !'  thus  address  thee,  smiling, 
'  Come,  with  me  inherit  everlasting 
Bliss  and  glory.' 

"  Thy  fame  can't  hold  the  monuments  of  marble ; 
In  brass  thy  virtues  cannot  be  engraven ; 
In  thy  sons'  and  daughters'  breasts  they're  sculptured  : 
All  ages  sing  them  \" 

July  27,  1800. — Miss  Juliana  Fisher,  daughter  of 
a  Moravian  missionary  among  the  Arawack  Indians, 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  137 

of  Surinam,  departed  this  life,  in  her  tenth  year.  "  It 
has  pleased  our  Lord,"  said  her  companions,  as  they 
discoursed  of  the  events  of  the  year,  "  to  take  one  of 
our  number,  the  dear  child  Juliana  Fisher,  to  him- 
self, and  into  the  regions  of  eternal  bliss.  Oh,  how 
interesting  was  to  us  her  happy  departure  !  How  did 
she  long  to  see  Him  personally  whose  praise  she  so 
often  sung  whilst  with  us !" 

In  January,  previous  to  her  decease,  on  an  occasion 
set  apart  for  commemorating  the  extension  of  Christ's 
kingdom  among  the  heathens,  in  connection  with  a 
review  of  the  missionary  labors  of  her  own  Church, 
she  contributed,  in  childlike  simplicity,  an  appropriate 
offering,  in  the  recitation  of  a  Moravian  hymn  in  the 
Arawack  Indian. 

In  December,  1800,  Brother  Van  Vleck  concluded 
the  term  of  his  inspectorship  of  the  Seminary.  On  the 
3d  of  the  month  he  met  his  "  daughters  "  for  the  last 
time  in  the  chapel,  where  they  had  assembled  to  bid 
him  farewell  and  welcome  his  successor  in  their  midst. 
The  copy  of  the  dialogue  spoken  on  the  occasion,  which 
was  presented  him  as  a  token  of  their  affection  and  a 
lasting  expression  of  gratitude  for  his  tender  care,  is 
inscribed  with  the  names  of  the  sixty-seven  pupils  of 
the  Institution,  encircled  with  a  garland  blooming  with 
an  equal  number  of  roses. 

During  the  eleven  years  of  his  administration,  much 
of  interest  transpired  within  the  Seminary,  bearing 
on  its  character  as  a  school,  and  the  social  life  of  it^ 


138  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

inmates.  An  increasing  patronage  was  evidence  of 
the  favor  and  confidence  with  which  the  method  of 
education  pursued  inspired  the  public.  "  Having  exar 
mined  the  list  of  candidates  for  the  Boarding-School 
of  young  ladies  in  Bethlehem,"  writes  the  Principal  in 
a  circular,  under  date  of  June  13,  1797,  "I  find  a 
greater  number  entered  than  I  have  prospect  of  accom- 
modating in  the  course  of  this  and  all  next  year.  I 
would  therefore  take  this  means  to  announce  my  de- 
termination to  drop  entering  names  for  the  present, 
and  request  that  no  applications  may  be  made  before 
the  expiration  of  eighteen  months  from  this  date." 

The  catalogue  of  the  three  hundred  and.  sixty-five 
pupils  who  entered  in  this  term  contains  the  names 
of  daughters  of  many  well-known  and  influential  fami- 
lies of  the  time.  In  June,  1796,  Mrs.  Thomas  Lee, 
of  Park  Gate,  near  Dumfries,  Virginia,  niece  to  Presi- 
dent Washington,  on  his  recommendation  applied  for 
the  admission  of  her  daughter.  In  December,  1799, 
a  grand-daughter  of  General  Thomas  Sumpter,  of  High 
Hills  of  Santee,  South  Carolina,  was  received.  From 
the  same  State  are  also  found  the  names  of  Huger  and 
Alston.  From  New  Jersey  the  names  of  Bayard  and 
Elmendorf.  And  from  Pennsylvania  those  of  Heister, 
Morton,  Addison,  Butler,  Heddick,  Coleman,  and  Ser- 
geant. The  Bleeckers  and  Lansings  of  Albany  were 
stanch  patrons  of  the  Seminary ;  also  the  Livingstons, 
of  Livingston  Manor,  the  Vanderheydens  of  Troy,  and 
the  Rosevelts  of  New  York,  descendants  of  a  renowned 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  139 

ancestry,  which  during  the  Dutch  dynasty  of  New  Am- 
sterdam lived  in  princely  style  on  the  fertile  banks  of 
the  Hudson.  A  rather  singular  application  is  one  under 
date  of  February  20,  1793.  "  Mr.  Jacob  Wetherside, 
of  Chestertown,  Eastern  Shore,  State  of  Maryland, 
applied  for  six  daughters,  from  twelve  to  one  years 
of  age,  to  succeed  one  another."  To  facilitate  the 
transaction  of  school-business  with  patrons,  agencies 
were  appointed  successively  in  the  cities  of  New  York 
and  Philadelphia. 

An  event  which,  it  was  feared,  might  prove  detri- 
mental to  the  prosperity  of  the  Institution,  was  the 
death  of  Miss  Allen,  in  1795.  It  was  an  unexpected 
shock ;  and  we  can  well  conceive  how  the  gloom  it 
shed  over  the  household  led  those  to  whom  it  had 
been  intrusted  to  despond  of  its  growth,  if  not  ques- 
tion the  possibility  of  its  continuance. 

The  calamitous  effects  of  the  sickly  season  of  1793, 
when  pestilence  brought  unknown  misery  and  distress 
into  the  land,  were  not  experienced  at  Bethlehem. 
"  We  cannot  omit  acknowledging,"  writes  Brother  Van 
Vleck,  at  the  close  of  the  year,  "  as  a  particular  mat- 
ter of  praise  and  thanksgiving,  that  our  dear  daughters 
have  enjoyed  for  the  most  part  good  health,  and  espe- 
cially at  the  time  when  the  inhabitants  of  Philadelphia 
were  exposed  to  the  dreadful  ravages  of  the  yellow 
fever,  and  sickness  also  prevailed  in  other  sections  of 
our  country." 

In  the  night  of  the  17th  of  January,  1800,  the  pu- 


140  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

pils  were  startled  from  sleep  by  the  terrifying  cry  of 
"  fire  !"  A  small  frame  building  adjacent  to  the  "  old 
house"  was  wrapped  in  flames,  and  cinders  and  burn- 
ing fragments  blown  into  a  lumber-yard  near  by  at 
one  time  threatened  the  main  building  with  destruc- 
tion. Though  winter,  it  was  dry,  and  the  ground  and 
roof  entirely  free  from  snow.  The  high  wind  which 
had  prevailed  during  the  evening  previous  providen- 
tially fell  before  midnight,  and  thus  the  scanty  means 
available  were  effectually  employed  in  checking  the 
progress  of  the  flames.  The  consternation  of  the 
younger  pupils,  who  occupied  the  centre  of  the  old 
house,  can  readily  be  imagined;  and  the  scene  in  the 
passage,  where  they  crowded  together  with  what 
effects  could  hurriedly  be  collected,  is  not  forgotten 
by  those  who  were  of  the  number. 

The  equipments  of  the  Institution,  which  at  its 
commencement  were  necessarily  humble  and  regulated 
by  the  limited  means  at  its  disposal,  received  many 
valuable  accessions  during  this  long  and  flourishing 
term.  The  brethren  have  always  endeavored  to  keep 
pace  with  improvements,  and  it  is  an  unjust  accusa- 
tion which  would  characterize  them  as  a  contracted 
and  ultra-conservative  people,  because  they  refuse 
to  follow,  indiscriminately,  all  so-called  progressive 
movements  of  the  age,  especially  as  the  real  progi-ess 
of  some  of  these  is  rather  questionable.  Brother 
Van  Vleck  strove  to  have  his  pupils  enjoy  the  best 
advantages  within   the   power   of  the   Institution   to 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  141 

afford.  The  services  of  three  female  teachers  from 
European  congregations  were  procured  at  no  trifling 
expense.  A  number  of  the  best  periodicals  of  the 
day  were  taken,  and  also  standard  works  on  art  and 
science,  which  are  still  preserved  on  the  shelves  of 
the  "  Circulating  Library."  The  necessity  of  being 
well  grounded  in  the  useful  branches  of  learning  was 
urged  as  of  paramount  importance.  Music,  to  w^hich 
so  many  of  the  pupils  turned  their  attention,  was 
taught  to  be  regarded  not  merely  as  an  elegant  accom- 
plishment, but  as  a  refiner  of  the  mind  and  a  hand- 
maid to  devotion.  The  number  of  piano-fortes  was 
largely  increased.  In  1792  there  is  a  charge  of 
"£7  10s.  for  repairing  and  tuning  the  seven  pianos 
and  clavichords  in  the  Boarding-School,"  also  an  in- 
voice of  music  imported  from  Holland,  comprising  in 
the  collection 

7  sonatas  by  Haydn,  pour  le  clavecin, 

14  variations  by  Vanhal,  do. 

6  sonatas  by  Hoffmeister,  do. 

Concerto  by  do.  do. 

Concerto  a  quatre  mains,  by  Giordani. 

Haydn's  sonatas  a  quatre  mains. 
Tambour  continued  a  favorite  mode  of  embroidery. 
Filagree-work,  which  was  destined  to  enjoy  many  years 
of  popularity  with  fair  hands,  was  now  first  introduced. 
Those  of  the  pupils  who  had  attained  to  good  profi- 
ciency in  writing  were  permitted  to  pursue  drawing 
and  painting.     Instruction  was  given  in  the  English 


I4S  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

language  only,  and,  as  the  number  of  boarders  prepon- 
derated, the  German  was  less  spoken. 

As  late  as  1795,  milk  and  bread  only  had  been 
served  at  breakfast.  Individuals  were  at  liberty,  how- 
ever, to  supply  themselves  Avith  tea  and  coffee  from 
private  resources ;  but,  as  such  exceptions  gave  rise  to 
irregularities,  the  homely  fare  was  abolished  and  the 
more  artificial  beverage  generally  substituted.  Mugs, 
as  well  as  knives  and  forks,  which  had  hitherto  been 
found  by  the  pupils  and  were  personal  property,  were 
henceforward  provided  by  the  house. 

There  have  been  frequent  allusions  made  to  the  com- 
memoration of  birthdays  in  the  Seminary.  The  pupils 
not  only  observed  such  occasions  among  themselves, 
but  even  noticed,  with  appropriate  attentions,  the  birth- 
days of  the  ministers  of  the  congregation,  of  sisters  in 
the  Sisters'  House,  and  of  friends  in  town.  It  was 
a  source  of  mutual  gratification  which  lost  none  of  its 
charms  because  it  was  the  offspring  of  genuine  sim- 
pHcity.  During  the  latter  half  of  Brother  Van  Vleck's 
time,  the  island  in  the  Lehigh  was  a  frequent  resort 
when  the  season  of  the  year  would  allow  of  an  after- 
noon's enjoyment  in  its  embowered  domain.  Birth- 
days were  frequently  celebrated  there.  Events  of  im- 
portance to  the  pupils,  which  transpired  in  their  own 
little  world,  were  also  honored  with  an  island  fete.  It 
was  visited  early  in  spring,  when  the  birch  hung  out 
its  tassels  and  the  woods  reddened  with  the  blossoms 
of  the  maple,  and  late  in  autumn,  when  the  fallen 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  143 

leaves  rustled  mournfully  to  the  tread.  The  mission- 
ary who  returned  for  a  while  to  enjoy  the  delights  of 
social  intercourse  among  friends  and  brethren,  the  pa- 
trons of  the  school,  parents  and  relatives  of  pupils, 
were,  year  after  year,  favored  guests  at  these  island- 
festivities.  Here,  too,  instruction  was  blended  with 
amusement,  and  religion  was  thought  no  intruder  upon 
their  innocent  gayeties.  Associated  with  the  wonted 
dialogue  and  music,  and  coffee  served  in  the  cool  shade 
of  spreading  trees,  is  a  personage  whose  image  has  not 
yet  faded  from  the  remembrance  of  the  pupils  of  those 
times.  It  was  an  old  man  who  loved  to  share  the 
pleasures  of  his  youthful  friends,  and  whose  presence 
was  hailed  with  that  sincerity  of  welcome  which  child- 
hood offers  so  acceptably  to  old  age. 

"  Pappy  Bonn"  never  failed  to  be  one  of  the  party 
on  the  island.  In  fact,  if  not  by  official  appointment, 
by  common  consent  to  him  were  assigned  the  toil  and 
pleasure  of  conveying  the  girls  to  the  little  water-bound 
Garden  of  the  Hesperides.  Nor  was  he  inadequate  to 
the  task  of  paddling  the  long  Indian  canoe,  which  was 
the  only  craft  then  propelled  on  the  Lehigh.  He  had 
learned  its  management  when  saw-miller  at  the  Gna- 
denhiitten  mission,  and  many  a  time  had  come  down 
the  swollen  river  with  a  party  of  his  swarthy  brethren, 
bound  with  despatches  to  head-quarters.  When  a  holi- 
day on  the  island  had  been  announced,  the  old  man 
was  sure  to  be  down  at  the  bank  and  anticipate  his 
juvenile  friends,  who,  on  their  arrival,  overwhelmed 


144  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

liim  with   the   familiar   epithets    of  "Pappy  Bonn," 
''  Dear  Pappy  Bonn." 

No  wonder  he  was  such  a  favorite.  What  with  his 
stories  about  the  Mennonites  and  long-bearded  Tunkers 
of  "  Skippack"  and  the  "  Swamp,"  among  whom  he 
had  been  reared,  about  "  the  Count"  who  had  made  his 
home  in  his  father's  house,  and  the  many  strange 
things  he  had  to  say  of  the  misery  and  sufferings  of 
the  Continentals  in  the  Brethren's  House,  which,  in 
the  time  of  his  stewardship,  had  been  converted  into  an 
hospital,  he  had  a  fund  of  interest  within  himself,  from 
which  he  constantly  drew  for  the  entertainment  of  his 
curious  friends.  For  five  years  he  had  been  a  faithful 
attendant  on  these  occasions ;  and  when  death  removed 
him  in  1797,  and  he  was  missed  at  the  first  island- 
party  in  the  ensuing  spring,  the  haunts  endeared  by 
the  remembrance  of  his  virtues  echoed  to  their  praises, 
sung  by  the  lips  and  hearts  of  a  sorrowing  band  : — 

"  Where  is  he,  ye  feeling  hearts 

Who  mourn  his  flight  with  me  ? 
He  whose  departure  deeply  smarts, — 

Say,  whither  did  he  flee  ? 
I  wander  pensive  through  the  grove 

Of  locusts,  near  the  stream, 
To  seek  the  shade  my  soul  still  loves, 

I  see — yet  no  !  I  dream. 
Where  is  he  whom  the  island  fair 

Oft  as  a  guest  received  ? 
My  spirit  seeks  :  still  he's  not  there, 

Forsaken  isle,  be  grieved  ! 
Thy  friend  no  longer  deigns  to  roam 

Among  thy  shrubs  so  wild  j 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  lih 

He's  gone  to  his  eternal  home 

Whom  oft  thou'st  seen  and  smiled. 
And  shall  we  never,  never  more 

On  earth  our  father  see  ? 
Alas  !  no :  he's  gone  before, 

'  Where  once  you  hope  to  be.' 
Thus  whisper'd  some  one, — 'tis  a  friend: 

Religion  is  her  name, — 
*  Him  you  esteem'd  I  saw  ascend; 

From  heaven  the  summons  came. 
Then  quit  the  haunts  where  sorrow  dwells, 

And  rise  above  this  sphere; 
In  happiness  which  naught  excels, 

Behold  your  friend  so  dear  ! 
Above  the  starry  regions  high 

His  spirit  wing'd  its  way. 
Heaven's  portal  enter'd  :  God  drew  nigh. 

Him  dawn'd  the  endless  day.' 
Is  this  our  worthy  father's  lot  ? 

Then,  friendly  hearts,  don't  sigh : 
Let  island-scenes  be  now  forgot. 

And  raise  your  minds  on  high." 

In  1802,  Brother  Van  Vleck  was  appointed  Inspec- 
tor of  Nazareth  Hall,  in  which  capacity  he  served  for 
seven  years.  In  1815,  he  was  consecrated  a  bishop 
of  the  Brethren's  Chnrch,  and  seven  years  afterwards 
retired  from  public  life,  having  in  the  mean  time 
labored  in  several  of  the  congregations  of  both  of  the 
North  American  provinces.^  He  died  in  1831,  at 
Bethlehem. 

Brother  Andrew  Benade,  the  third  Principal  of  the 
Seminary,  commenced  his  administration  in  December, 

'  Bethlehem  is  the  seat  of  the  Northern  Province  or  diocese,  and 
Salem,  North  Carolina,  of  the  Southern. 

10 


146  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

1800,  and  for  upwards  of  twelve  years  labored  suc- 
cessfully in  elevating  the  character  of  the  school  as  a 
literary  institution.  It  was  for  him  to  build  the  super- 
structure on  the  foundation  laid  by  his  predecessors, — 
a  work  for  which  he  was  eminently  fitted  by  sound 
scholarship  and  the  practice  of  exact  discipline.  Among 
the  papers  of  this  period  preserved  in  the  Seminary 
are  a  number  of  essays  on  subjects  of  science  and  art, 
in  dialogue  form,  prepared  under  his  inspection  for  the 
improvement  of  the  pupils.  These  were  recited  in  pri- 
vate as  well  as  on  public  occasions,  and,  while  afford- 
ing the  audience  an  agreeable  entertainment,  proved  a 
useful  form  of  resume  for  the  scholars  themselves,  of 
what  they  had  acquired  in  the  class-room.  Their  de- 
sign and  detail  testify  to  the  thorough  instimction  pur- 
sued, and  to  the  superior  proficiency  and  advancement 
of  the  older  pupils.  In  order  to  qualify  the  teachers 
for  the  attainment  of  the  standard  of  excellence  he  had 
proposed.  Brother  Benade  was  wont  to  devote  the 
winter  evenings  to  their  private  instruction, — a  service 
which,  while  thankfully  acknowledged,  tended  to  sys- 
tematize the  teaching  throughout  the  Institution.  The 
absence  of  all  handbooks,  throwing  the  teachers  on 
their  individual  resources,  led  them  also  to  profit  by 
every  means  within  their  reach. 

Among  those  who  distinguished  themselves  by  su- 
perior facility  in  oral  instruction,  and  one  who,  in  ad- 
dition, exhibited  originality  of  genius,  was  Sister  Anna 
R.  Khest,  whose  artless  muse  has  been  frequently  in- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  147 

troduced  to  the  reader  of  these  pages.  The  tribute  of 
a  passing  notice  of  her  excellences,  while  sixteen 
years  in  the  service  of  the  Seminary,  is  only  her  due. 
Gifted  with  talents  of  a  high  order,  of  amiable  and 
winning  manners,  a  deep  sense  of  the  responsibility  of 
her  calling  prompted  this  lady  to  devote  the  powders 
of  a  versatile  mind  to  the  welfare  of  her  charge,  among 
whom  her  memory  is  cherished  to  the  present  day. 
Sprightly  in  person  as  well  as  in  fancy  and  imagination, 
she  was  the  genial  spirit  of  the  institution  in  which 
she  dwelt, — willing  at  all  times  to  vary  the  monotony 
of  its  routine  by  the  offerings  of  her  fertile  invention. 
To  plan  an  island-excursion,  a  ramble  on  the  mountain, 
or  a  moonlight  transit  across  the  ferry, — complete  with 
all  their  attendant  circumstances, — was  with  her  only 
an  exertion  of  thought.  The  details  were  no  sooner 
conceived  than  executed.  Her  willing  muse,  ever  at 
hand,  was  invoked,  and  granted  the  desired  boon.  As 
she  walked  out  in  the  fields,  she  taught  her  joyous  flock 
the  lessons  of  wisdom  from  the  great  book  of  nature 
spread  open  before  them.  The  flowers,  the  trees,  the 
stones,  the  clouds,  the  stars, — these  w^ere  chapters  in 
the  manual  she  consulted  for  her  teachings.  When  in 
the  class-room,  she  gave  from  the  stores  of  her  mind  the 
knowledge  she  would  have  her  pupils  retain,  in  a  hapjjy 
manner,  leading  them  unconsciously  into  the  secrets 
of  science  by  practical  and  familiar  illustration. 

In  1805,  Sister  Kliest  was  married  to  Brother  John 
Gambold,  of  the  Cherokee  Mission,  and  entered  on  a 


148  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIK. 

new  sphere  of  usefulness,  in  which  she  aided  her  hus- 
band in  bearing  the  burdens  and  performing  the  duties 
of  a  missionary  with  faithfuhiess  and  marked  success. 
In  1829,  she  finished  her  earthly  career,  to  the  sorrow 
and  regret  of  her  beloved  Indians,  many  of  whom, 
now  risen  to  eminence  in  their  nation,  ascribe  their 
standing  and  usefulness  in  civiHzed  society  to  the  in- 
struction received  at  her  hands.  Far  from  the  home 
of  her  earher  days,  where  she  shone  in  the  refinements 
of  a  well-cultivated  female  mind,  she  lies  buried  at  the 
deserted  mission  of  Spring  Place,^  without  a  tombstone 
or  grass-grown  mound  to  designate  the  spot  where  her 
mortal  remains  were  sown  in  dishonor,  to  be  raised 
in  glory. 

The  dedication  of  the  present  Moravian  church-edifice 
to  the  worship  of  God,  on  the  18th  and  20th  days  of 
May,  1806,  was  an  event  in  the  interest  and  solemni- 
ties of  which  the  pupils  of  the  Seminary  participated. 
Before  sunrise  of  the  first-mentioned  day,  in  the  hush 
of  a  tranquil  and  cloudless  Sabbath  morning,  a  choir  of 
musicians  heralded  the  coming  festivities  from  the  lofty 
steeple  of  the  noble  structure  with  sound  of  trumpet 
and  trombone.  At  eight  o'clock  the  congregation 
assembled  for  the  last  time  in  the  old  chapel,  which 
had  served  since  1751  as  a  place  of  worship,  and  was 
endeared  by  the  recollection  of  the  many  solemn  scenes 


^  Spring  Place  is  the  seat  of  justice  of  Murray  county,  Georgia. — : 
H!st.  Col.  Gcorg.,  298,  567. 


I 


150  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

foster  feelings  of  attachment,  in  the  hearts  of  the  pupils, 
towards  the  Institution  which  often  rendered  it  a  sea- 
son of  conflict  and  struggle  when  the  time  had  arrived 
to  bid  adieu  to  their  temporary  home. 

An  evidence  of  the  spirit  of  loyalty  consequent  on 
this  relation  was  generously  given  in  December,  1803, 
in  the  following  reply  to  a  series  of  charges  which  were 
designed  for  the  disparagement  of  the  school  in  the 
eyes  of  its  patrons  and  the  pubHc  : — 

"  The  misses  of  the  Bethlehem  Boarding-School, 
having  heard  of  the  false  reports  circulated  by  a  young 
lady  who  has  recently  left,  consider  it  their  duty  to 
refute  what  she  has  so  unjustly  asserted. 

"  We  feel  touched  with  the  deepest  regret  to  find 
that  a  pupil  who  has  shared  equally  with  us  the  affec- 
tion of  our  beloved  Inspector,  Inspectress,  and  tutor- 
esses should  prove  so  ungrateful  as  to  endeavor  to 
prejudice  those  around  her  against  the  school  in  which 
she  has  been  educated.  Since  we  have  been  inmates 
of  this  Seminary,  we  can  with  truth  affirm  that  we 
have  never  been  desired  to  submit  to  any  menial  ser- 
vices whatever,  and  that  what  few  domestic  affairs  we 
attend  to  are  both  satisfactory  and  pleasing  to  us,  and, 
in  our  opinion,  cannot  be  derogatory  to  the  respect- 
ability of  a  woman  in  any  station. 

"  The  time  we  have  spent  in  Bethlehem  we  unani- 
mously agree  to  have  been  the  most  happy  part  of  our 
lives ;  and  we  look  forward  with  the  most  heartfelt  sor- 
row to  the  period  which  will  separate  us  from  those 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  151 

dear  friends  whose  constant  care  it  has  ever  been  to 
make  us  happy,  to  enlarge  and  improve  our  under- 
standing, and  to  form  our  minds  on  principles  of  reli- 
gion and  virtue,  which,  we  trust,  through  the  grace 
of  our  Saviour,  will  never  be  obliterated  from  our 
memory." 

Signed  by  three  pupils  from  each  of  the  first  three 
rooms,  in  the  name  of  the  rest. 

12  3 


Lucretia  Backus, 
Mary  Walke, 
Harriet  Thayer. 


Mary  0' Gorman, 
Maria  Miller, 
Rose  Simkins. 


Martha  Herriman. 
Christine  Williams, 
Helen  Bailey. 


Bethlehem,  December  3,  1803. 


A  warm  friend  and  patron  of  the  institution,  whose 
concern  for  its  prosperity  led  him  to  inquire  of  his 
daughters  into  the  truth  of  the  charges  which  elicited 
the  above  demonstration,  expresses  himself  in  reference 
to  the  matter  as  follows,  in  a  letter  to  a  friend : — 

"  After  hearing  what  my  children  have  to  say,  you 
will  perceive  that  these  reports  are  not  only  unfounded, 
but  designedly  false.  It  is  certainly  a  cruel  pleasure 
for  those  who  are  displeased  with  every  thing  to  invent 
tales  injurious  to  a  people  who  are  truly  the  parents 
as  well  as  the  instructors  of  their  charge.  For  my 
own  part,  I  feel  perfect  confidence  in  the  Moravian 
society.  They  are  an  inoffensive  association,  whose 
only  care  appears  to  be  to  do  all  the  good  they  can  : 
and  their  boarding-school  may  be  truly  styled  '  misfoi- 


152  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

tune's  nursery,'  where  the  afflicted  father  who  has  lost  a 
loved  partner  may  find  a  place  of  safety  for  his  children, 
remote  from  the  noise  and  folly  of  the  world,  where 
their  morals  are  in  no  danger  of  being  corrupted,  where 
health  is  their  companion,  innocence  their  handmaid, 
and  prudence  their  guide.  With  such  examples  before 
them,  a  j)arent  has  nothing  to  fear ;  and,  if  these  people 
are  rustic  in  their  manners,  they  are  at  least  free  from 
the  follies  of  fashionable  life.  I  was  at  Bethlehem  for 
a  month  last  summer ;  and  since  my  children  are  at 
school  I  have  visited  them  seven  times,  thus  having 
ample  opportunity  of  seeing  all  their  habits  and  cus- 
toms. I  speak  candidly,  when  I  say  I  never  had 
cause  for  a  moment  to  repent  placing  them  in  charge 
of  the  Moravian  Brethren,  under  the  conviction  of 
their  benevolence  and  usefulness.  And,  finally,  society 
owes  them  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  the  attention  shown 
to  the  numerous  children  who  have  been  intrusted  to 
their  care  from  all  parts  of  our  country. 

"  George  Sibbald." 

In  May,  1807,  instruction  in  "artificial  flowers,"  a 
new  branch  of  fancy  needle-work,  was  given,  at  a 
charge  of  £1  13s.  dd.  per  quarter. 

In  October,  1809,  an  important  and  long-desired 
change  was  efiected  in  the  household,  by  the  addition 
of  a  kitchen-department,  under  the  superintendence  of 
a  stewardess.  Hitherto,  meals  had  been  furnished 
alternately  by  the  Sisters'  and  Widows'  Houses.     The 


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BETHLEHEM  SOUVENIR.  155 

generations ;  and,  when  the  infirmities  of  age  disabled 
him  from  service  in  his  accustomed  sphere,  he  was  not 
left  unnoticed  nor  forgotten.  Former  pupils,  who  re- 
turned to  visit  the  scenes  of  their  school-days,  deemed 
their  pilgrimage  to  Bethlehem  incomplete  had  they  not 
visited  "Daddy  Thomas"  in  the  retirement  of  his 
home.  Here,  seated  on  his  cushioned  arm-chair,  the 
aged  father's  countenance  would  light  up  with  the  sun- 
shine of  delight  as  with  his  fair  guests  he  retraced  his 
footsteps  on  ground  endeared  to  him  by  most  pleasing 
recollections.  He  died  in  1822,  in  the  ninetieth  year 
of  his  age,  and  at  his  request  was  buried  in  the  north- 
west corner  of  the  graveyard,  where  lie  several  of  the 
bishops  and  worthies  of  the  Church.  Hither  he  knew 
the  stranger  would  resort  to  read  their  epitaphs,  and 
he  believed  his  own  alongside  could  not  fail  to  meet 
the  eyes  of  his  numerous  friends,  by  whom  he  was  de- 
sirous of  being  remembered  even  after  death  had  sepa- 
rated them  forever  in  this  world.^ 

^  There  is  au  allusion  to  this  request  in  the  following  lines  on  the 
Bethlehem  Graveyard,  which  appeared  in  one  of  the  public  journals 
of  August,  1841,  over  the  nom  deplume  "  Lorraine," — doubtless  a 
pupil  of  Brother  Benade's  time  : — 

"  How  still !  save  when  the  air  is  stirr'd 
By  cricket,  or  a  warbling  bird. 
Or  grasshoppei", — for  not  a  leaf 
Hustles  amid  this  place  of  death. 

'^  The  long  grass  rising  round  the  graves 
Not  even  its  tiny  stalklet  waves ; 
Nor  is  a  footstep  heard  :  no  sound 
Invades  this  quiet  burial-ground. 


156  BETHLEHEM  SOUVENIR. 

Four  hundred  and  thirty-two  pupils  were  admitted 
into  the  Seminary  during  Brother  Benade's  administra- 
tion. Two  deaths  occurred.  Miss  Mary  Lathrop,  of 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  died  on  the  31st  of  July,  1809, 


"  Is  it  because  the  sleeping  dead 
Hold  converse  in  their  lowly  bed  ? 
And  do  the  leaf,  the  flower,  the  grass, 
Listen  to  hear  their  whisperings  pass  ? 

"  Perhaps  the  birds,  the  ci'ickets,  sing, 
And  grasshoppers  unite  to  bring 
A  soothing  requiem  to  the  dead, 
To  cheer  them  in  their  lowly  bed. 

"  Ah,  no  !  no  voice,  no  sound,  descends. 
No  charm  from  even  the  fondest  friends ; 
No  voice,  though  sweet  as  seraphs'  strain, 
Can  e'er  the  dead  ear  charm  again  I 

"  How  still !     The  moonbeams  love  to  linger  here ; 
The  'reft  ones  come  to  shed  a  tear; 
The  stars  hang  out  their  twinkling  fires, 
And  pause  o'er  hope  as  it  expires. 

"  Ah,  see  !    Aff'ection's  fondest  hand 
How  busy  in  this  death-bound  land! 
Those  beauteous  roses,  how  they  bloom 
Upon  these  graves,  and  shed  their  rich  perfume ! 

"  I  love  these  emblems,  sacred,  true  : 
Refresh  them,  soft-descending  dew  ! 
Spare  them,  ye  winds  !  nor  scatter  wide 
These  symbols  of  the  heart's  full  tide  ! 

"  How  still !  here  rest  the  peaceful  dead. 
Hush  !  softer  still  be  thou,  my  tread. 
This  place  is  sacred  !     Tears,  and  flowers, 
And  silence,  sacred  make  these  hours. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  157 

and  was  buried  in  the  Moravian  graveyard.  The  re- 
mains of  Miss  Jane  Josepha  Yates,  of  Schenectady, 
who  died  on  the  3d  of  February  of  the  following  year, 
were  conveyed  to  that  place  for  interment. 

"  Who's  here  'f     The  red  man's  found  a  home  ! 
Here's  Tschoop.'     Once  wildly  did  he  roam  ; 
Mohegau's  council-fires  he  saw 
From  York  perhaps  to  Mackinaw. 

"  Yes,  here  he  lies,  with  fifty  more. 
As  rich  as  is  the  white  man's  store 
Is  Tschoop's,  and  all  his  warrior-band 
That  trembled  once  at  his  command. 

>f:  ;};  ^  :(;  >|t 

"  Here's  '  Father  Thomas  !'    Low  he  lies, 
The  father  of  a  thousand  sighs  : 
All  knew  him,  loved  him,  mourn'd  him  dead ; 
He's  here  :  no  other  occupies  his  stead. 

"  I  see  his  smile,  I  hear  his  voice. 
And,  as  I  look,  oh,  I  rejoice 
That  'twas  my  lot,  when  time  was  young, 
To  hear  the  accents  of  his  tongue. 


'  For  an  account  of  this  Indian  convert,  see  "  Loskiel's  History  of  the 
Missions  among  the  Indians  in  North  America,"  London,  1794.  His  grave- 
stone bears  the  following  inscription  : — 

In  memory  of 

Tschoop,  a  Mohegan  Indian, 

who,  in  holy  bnptism,  April  16,  1742, 

received  the  name  of 

•John. 

One  of  the  first-fruits  of  the  mission 

at  Shekomeko,  and  a  remarkable 

instance  of  the  power  of  divine  grace, 

whereby  he  became  a  distinguished  teacher 

among  his  nation. 

He  departed  this  life,  in  full  assurance  of  faith, 

at  Bethlehem,  Aug.  27,  174G. 

"There  shall  he  one  fold  and  one  Shepherd." — John  x.  10. 


158  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

On  the  31st  of  January,  1811,  the  Institution  was 
called  to  mourn  the  departure  to  a  better  world  of  its 
beloved  mother,  Sister  Johanna  Maria  Benade,  who 
had  endeared  herself  to  her  adopted  daughters  by 
years  of  maternal  solicitude  devoted  disinterestedly  to 
their  welfare.  Her  remains  repose  in  the  graveyard 
and  her  memory  is  embalmed  in  the  hearts  of  her 
surviving  pupils. 

In  January,  1813,  Brother  Benade  resigned  his 
charge,  pursuant  to  an  appointment  which  called  him 
to  the  Moravian  congregation  of  Litiz,  Lancaster 
county,  Pennsylvania.  In  1822,  he  left  for  Salem, 
North  Carolina,  having  previously  been  consecrated  a 
bishop  of  the  Brethren's  Church.  In  1826,  he  returned 
to  Litiz.  In  1836,  he  removed  to  Bethlehem,  where 
he  continued  in  active  life,  presiding  at  the  delibera- 
tions of  the  Provincial  Elders'  Conference,  until  1849. 

"  How  sweet  his  sleep  !     How  still  his  home  ! 
He  beckons  !     Oh,  if  I  could  come 
To  that  high  place  in  yonder  heaven 
Which  to  his  sainted  sonl  is  given, 

"  I'd  gladly  hear  the  trombone's  sound, 
I'd  gladly  sink  beneath  the  ground 
And  mingle  with  the  dead  who  lie 
So  still  beneath  this  Bethlehem  sky. 

"  How  still !     Adieu  to  the  sacred  retreat 

Where  friends  find  a  severing  tide ; 
Adieu  to  the  air  with  perfumes  all  sweet; 

Adieu  to  the  rose  at  my  side. 
I  go  once  again  'mid  the  bustle  and  care 
Which  the  heart  that  is  right  knows  little  of  here." 


DgTTElK     ©[ICaA®^, 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  IGl 

as  the  day  for  its  entrance  by  the  pupils.     A  diary  of 
the  time  furnishes  the  following  particulars  : — 

"Nov.  10,  1815. — The   transfer  of  the  pupils   of 
the  Boarding-School  to  the  former  Brethren's  House, 
which  had  been  fitted  up  for  their  reception,  was  made 
to-day.     After  dinner  they  repaired  in  procession  to 
their    new   home,   preceded   by   Brother   and    Sister 
Cunow  and  members  of  Conference,  amid  the  sound 
of  sacred   music  performed  by  our  trombonists  from 
the  terrace.     Having  assembled  in  the  prayer-hall  on 
the  second  floor.  Brother  Cunow  made  a  short  address, 
and,  after  the  singing  of  a  hymn,  in  a  fervent  prayer 
invoked  the  blessing  of  God  on  the  Institution  and  its 
inmates  for  the  future.     At  the  close  of  these  solemn 
exercises  the  pupils  were  distributed  into  six  '  room- 
companies,'  and  a  seventh  room  assigned  to  the  day- 
scholars  from  town.    At  three  o'clock  the  whole  house- 
hold sat  down  to  a  love-feast,  to  which  parents  and 
friends  Avere  also  invited.     An  appropriate  ode  was 
here  sung,  and  the  Principal  took  occasion  briefly  to 
review  the  progress  of  the   Seminary  since  its  com- 
mencement, in  which  connection  he  observed  that  nine 
hundred  and  sixty-five  pupils  had  been  admitted  during 
the  twenty-nine  years  of  its  existence.  After  love-feast, 
the  members  of  Conference  visited  the  young  ladies  and 
their  tutoresses  in  their  respective  dwelling-rooms,  tes- 
tifying to  the  gratification  afforded  them  by  a  participa- 
tion in  the  festivities  of  the  day,  and  assuring  them  of 
their  deep  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  Institution." 

11 


162  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

The  household  at  this  time  consisted  of  one  hundred 
and  eight  persons.  In  addition,  twenty-four  day- 
scholars  attended  the  schools. 

The  purchase  of  the  new  property  included  the  land 
at  the  rear  of  the  building,  stretching  south  as  far  as 
the  banks  of  the  river,  a  large  part  of  which,  known 
as  "  the  gardens  on  the  lowlands,"  had  been  for  years 
under  cultivation.  The  tract  contained  upwards  of  six 
acres. 

The  appearance  of  the  slope  descending  to  the 
Manokasy  was  materially  different  from  what  it  is  at 
present.  Excepting  an  occasional  tree,  and  the  row 
of  sycamores  along  the  south  line  of  the  park,  the  hill- 
side was  covered  with  grass,  and  below  was  meadow. 
Trees  and  shrubbery  were  now  planted,  walks  laid  out, 
and  other  means  taken  to  beautify  the  plot,  with  the 
view  of  rendering  it,  in  time,  an  agreeable  retreat  for 
the  residents  of  the  house. 

The  spacious  building  afforded  ample  accommodation 
for  one  hundred  pupils,  and  conveniences  unknown  in 
the  old  houses.  Each  dwelling-room  was  connected 
with  an  apartment  for  the  deposit  of  articles  in  daily 
use,  such  as  wardrobe,  books,  &c.,  a  provision  which 
tended  much  to  the  maintenance  of  neatness  and  order. 
To  supply  a  want  which  had  long  been  felt,  a  suite  of 
commodious  rooms  was  provided  for  the  comfort  of 
invalids  and  given  in  charge  of  a  permanent  nurse. 
A  dining-hall  and  kitchen  on  the  first  floor,  a  prayer- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  163 

hair  and  teachers'  room  on  the  second,  and  dormitories 
on  the  third,  completed  the  internal  arrangements. 

The  house  stands  on  rising  ground,  at  the  southern 
limit  of  the  town,  commanding  an  extensive  view  over 
the  Valley  of  the  Lehigh.  It  is  a  fine  specimen  of  the 
style  of  building  to  which  the  Brethren  of  the  last 
century  were  partial, — imposing,  yet  symmetrical, 
and  altogether  contrasting  favorably  with  more  refined 
models  of  modern  architectural  beauty. 

It  was  erected  in  1747  and  '48,  and,  on  November 
16th  of  the  last-named  year,  dedicated  in  a  solemn 
manner  by  Brother  John  de  Watteville,  then  on  a  visit 
from  Europe,  as  the  "  Home"  (germanice,  chorhaus)  of 
the  single  brethren  of  the  congregation.  Apart  from 
its  centennial  honors,  other  historical  reminiscences 
cling  to  the  old  building,  investing  it  with  more  than 
ordinary  interest.  During  the  Revolutionary  War  it 
was  made  the  theatre  of  scenes  little  consonant  with 


^  Here  the  single  brethren  were  accustomed  to  assemble  with 
their  spiritual  leader  to  engage  in  religious  services.  The  room 
adjoining,  occupied  as  a  "  teachers'  room"  since  the  purchase  of 
the  building,  is  the  apartment  in  which  the  scene  occurred,  noticed 
by  Loskiel,  on  the  occasion  of  the  friendly  embassy  from  the  Nan- 
ticokes  and  Shawanos  of  Wyoming,  in  March,  1753.  "  Some  of 
their  number  were  shown  through  the  Brethren's  House,  and  when 
in  Brother  Nathaniel  Seidel's  room  their  attention  was  arrested  by 
a  painting  of  the  crucifixion.  '  Behold,'  said  one  of  them  to  his  neigh- 
bor, '  how  many  wounds  he  has,  and  how  they  bleed.  I  have  also 
heard  the  Brethren  say  that  he  was  sorrowful  unto  death  and 
prayed  in  agony,  and  the  sweat  stood  on  his  body  like  great  drops 
of  blood.'  The  other  listened  in  astonishment,  and  seemed  lost  in 
thought. " 


164  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

those  that  were  wont  to  transpire  within  its  walls  and 
for  which  it  had  been  designed  by  its  revered  foun- 
ders. At  two  different  times  in  that  turbulent  period 
it  served  as  an  hospital  for  the  sick  and  wounded  of 
the  American  troops, — a  veritable  lazaretto,  where  were 
witnessed  suffering  and  death  revolting  to  humanity 
in  all  their  details  of  misery. 

It  would  be  foreign  to  the  design  of  this  narrative 
to  relate  the  experience  of  the  Moravian  Brethren, 
collectively  as  a  religious  association,  or  individually 
in  the  mother-settlement  here  at  Bethlehem,  during 
a  contest  memorable  in  the  history  of  this  country. 
The  conspicuous  position,  however,  which  was  assigned 
the  village  on  its  selection  as  the  site  of  the  Conti- 
nental hospital  in  part,  the  fact  of  its  having  been  a 
public  thoroughfare  and  the  frequent  resort  of  some 
of  the  leading  spirits  in  the  colonial  struggle  in  conse- 
quence of  the  military  occupation  of  one  of  the  present 
Seminary  buildings,  are  points  of  interest  which  have 
a  bearing  on  the  subject  of  the  sketch,  and,  as  such, 
demand  more  than  a  passing  notice.  Nor  is  such 
digression  impertinent,  when  we  remember  that  the 
early  patronage  of  the  Institution  proceeded  from  men 
and  families  who  had  learned  to  know  the  brethren 
and  their  institutions  during  a  sojourn  among  them  in 
the  days  of  the  Revolution. 

Of  the  indisposition  of  the  brethren  to  participate  in 
the  War  of  Independence,  mention  has  already  been 
made.     They  expressed  themselves  unwilling  to  reu- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  165 

der  military  service,  but  ready  to   aid   the   cause  of 
humanity  apart  from  national  or  sectional  prejudices. 
"It  is  our  desire,"  they  write  in  1775,  "to  live  at 
peace  with  all  men.     We  wish  well  to  the  country  in 
which  we  dwell.     Our  declining  to  exercise  in  the  use 
of  arms  is  no  new  thing,  nor  does  it  proceed  from  cer- 
tain considerations,  being  a  fundamental  principle  of 
the  Brethren's  Church,  a  point  of  conscience  which  our 
first  settlers  brought  with  them  into  this  province. 
We  never  have,  nor  will  we  ever  act  inimically  to  this 
country:    we  will  do  nothing  against  its  peace  and 
interest,  nor  oppose  any  civil  rule  or  regulation  in  the 
province  or  country  wherein  we  dwell.     On  the  other 
hand,  we  will  submit  ourselves  in  all  things  in  which 
we  can  keep  a  good  conscience,  and  not  withdraw  our 
shoulders  from  the  common  burden."    This  declaration 
was  made  in  good  faith   and  its  promises  honorably 
fulfilled.     Nevertheless,  it  was  insufficient  to  secure 
the  brethren  from  the  persecution  of  a  neighborhood 
which  had  long  envied  them  the  prosperity  of  their 
settlement,  and  gladly  took  advantage  of  the  condition 
of  affairs  to  excite  against  them  the  animosity  of  the 
country  at  large. 

The  years  1776  and  '77  were  peculiarly  times  of 
distress  and  danger  for  the  settlement.  "  At  the  close 
of  January  and  commencement  of  February,"  says  a 
diary  of  1776,  "large  numbers  of  the  prisoners  who 
had  been  detained  in  Canada  since  the  disastrous  inva- 
sion of  last  autumn  passed  through  with  their  families 


166  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

and  baggage,  some  on  foot  and  others  in  sleighs.  A 
party  would  occasionally  halt  here  to  spend  the  night, 
and  we  improved  such  occasions  in  providing  the 
destitute  with  clothing,  especially  the  females  and 
children. 

^'Feh.  14. — A  party  of  Frenchmen,  Canadian  militia 
who  had  been  taken  prisoners,  visited  the  '  children's 
meeting'  this  afternoon.  They  expressed  themselves 
pleased  with  the  appearance  of  our  town,  its  public 
institutions,  and  the  skill  of  the  sisters  in  needle-work. 
They  spent  a  day  here. 

"  April  4,  Maundy  Thursday. — ^A  corps  of  riflemen 
on  their  way  to  New  York  reached  here  this  after- 
noon and  halted  for  the  night.  Some  of  the  number 
attended  the  services  of  the  day  in  the  chapel. 

"  July  10  and  11. — Twenty  wagons  with  provisions 
from  Canada  passed  on  their  way  southward. 

^^  July  15. — Our  team  from  Hope,  in  the  Jerseys, 
arrived,  after  an  uncalled-for  detention.  Passing 
through  Easton,  heavily  laden  with  flour,  it  was  sus- 
pected of  secretly  carrying  munitions  of  war,  and, 
accordingly,  the  '  associators'  despatched  some  of  their 
number  in  pursuit.  The  wagon  was  overtaken  a  short 
distance  from  town  and  summarily  searched. 

"  July  30. — One  hundred  and  twenty  recruits  from 
Allentown  and  vicinity  passed  through  on  their  way 
to  the  '  Flying   Camp'^  in  the  Jerseys,  to  which  our 

^  After  the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British  under  Howe,  in 
March,  1776,  Washington,  apprehending  that  the  city  of  New  York 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  167 

county  has  been  called  on  to  contribute  three  hundred 
and  forty-six  men.  Every  volunteer  is  entitled  to  a 
bounty  of  three  pounds. 

"  August. — Many  recruits  passed  through  our  place 
during  the  month,  (principally  militia  from  Lebanon, 
Tulpehocken,  Reading,  and  Oley.)  Most  of  the  com- 
panies requested  to  have  divine  worship  held, — a  wish 
which  was  cheerfully  complied  with. 

^^Aug.  11. — Captain  Syms,  of  the  royal  army,  a 
prisoner  of  war,  came  with  a  permit  from  Congress  to 
spend  several  months  at  Bethlehem  and  in  the  vicinity. 

^'Aug.  18. — Five  companies  of  Lebanon  militia  who 
arrived  last  evening  with  flying  colors  and  martial 
music,  on  their  way  to  the  '  Camp,'  attended  the  Sun- 
day services  of  to-day. 

'"''Aug.  19. — Our  watch  reported  having  heard  heavy 
cannonading  towards  the  east  at  daybreak.  We  later 
ascertained  it  had  been  at  New  York. 

'■'■  Sept.  1. — At  noon  the  fourth  battalion  of  Berks 
county  militia  arrived  with  flying  colors,  on  their  way 
to  the  Jerseys.  At  the  request  of  Colonel  Gehr  and 
other  officers,  we  held  divine  worship  for  the  party  in 
our  chapel.     The  detachment,  containing  upwards  of 

would  be  the  next  point  of  attack,  moved  thither  with  the  main 
part  of  his  army.  "  The  troops  ah-eady  here,  Congress  had  deter- 
mined to  reinforce  by  thirteen  thousand  eight  hundred  militia  from 
New  England,  New  York,  and  New  Jersey,  while  ten  thousand 
more  from  Pennsylvania,  Delaware,  and  Maryland  were  to  form  a 
'  flying  camp,'  to  cover  and  protect  the  neighboring  State  of  New 
Jersey." — Bartletfs  Hist,  of  the  U.  S.  of  America. 


168  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

four  hundred  men,  assembled  quietly,  and  was  ad- 
dressed by  Brother  Ettwein  from  Mark  x.  17. 

^^  Sept.  2-6. — -In  these  days  parties  of  militia  on 
their  return  from  New  York  passed,  bringing  the  intel- 
ligence that  a  battalion  from  this  county  had  suffered 
severely  at  the  engagement  with  the  British  on  Long- 
Island,  on  the  27th  of  August  last,  having  left  most 
of  its  men  either  dead  or  wounded." 

It  will  be  remembered  that,  after  the  repulse  at 
Gowanus,  or  Brooklyn  Heights,  Washington  withdrew 
his  troops  to  New  York,  and  soon  after  evacuated  that 
city,  which  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  British.  This 
loss  was  followed  by  those  of  Fort  Washington  and 
Fort  Lee  in  quick  succession,  late  in  the  month  of 
November.  Washington,  having  crossed  the  North 
River,  now  continued  his  retreat  to  Newark,  New 
Brunswick,  Princeton,  and  Trenton,  and  thence  crossed 
to  the  Pennsylvania  side  of  the  Delaware,  closely  pur- 
sued by  Cornwallis.  General  Lee's  division  of  three 
thousand  men,  under  command  of  General  Sullivan, 
reached  Bethlehem  on  the  17th  of  December,  and 
encamped  for  the  night  on  the  south  bank  of  the 
Lehigh.^ 

^  The  Brethren  were  informed  by  some  of  Lee's  oiEcers  of  his 
threat  to  ransack  Bethlehem,  which  he  had  uttered  on  the  same 
day  when  taken  prisoner  by  a  scouting-party  of  British  cavalry  at 
White's  Tavern,  near  Basken  Ridge,  New  Jersey.  Sullivan,  now 
in  command,  was  a  friend  of  the  Brethren,  and  ordered  Gates,  who 
chanced  to  be  at  Bethlehem,  to  have  the  division  encamp  in  quiet 
and  refrain  from  all  acts  of  aggression. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  160 

At  this  crisis  in  the  affairs  of  the  Continental  army, 
the  removal  of  the  hospital,  in  which  two  thousand 
sick  and  wounded  were  at  this  time  lying,  from  Mor- 
ristown  to  some  point  in  the  interior,  was  a  measure 
which  allowed  of  no  delay,  and  on  the  3d  of  December 
the  following  announcement  reached  Bethlehem  by 
express  : — 

"According  to  his  Excellency  General  Washington's 
order,  the  General  Hospital  of  the  army  is  removed  to 
Bethlehem ;  and  you  will  do  the  greatest  act  of  human- 
ity by  immediately  providing  proper  buildings^  for  its 
reception.  John  Warren, 

General  Surgeon  to  the  Continental  Hospital^ 

In  the  evening  of  the  same  day,  Drs.  Warren  and 
Shippen  arrived,  when  arrangements  were   made  for 

*  The  commodious  buildings  common  to  the  larger  Moravian  set- 
tlements, and  the  situation  of  the  latter,  which,  while  somewhat 
interior,  was  not  too  remote  from  the  line  of  military  operations, 
were  points  of  importance  which  the  American  officers  were  not 
slow  in  appreciating.  Furthermore,  the  commissary  department 
knew  that  its  wants  would  be  well  supplied  by  an  agricultural  com- 
munity who  were  in  possession  of  large  and  fertile  farms.  To 
whatever  party  the  Brethren  inclined,  they  sacrificed  £1500  for 
the  American  army  in  the  last  three  months  of  the  year  1777. 
This  sum  is  exclusive  of  the  exorbitant  fine  they  were  made  to  pay 
in  default  of  military  service.  The  following  is  an  instance  of  :i 
species  of  contribution  to  which  they  were  occasionally  subjected  : — 
A  party  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  dragoons  of  Colonels  Bland's 
and  "White's  Virginia  cavalry  quartered  on  the  Christian  Spring 
and  Guadenhiitten  farms  in  September,  1777,  revelled  in  the 
abundance  there,  and  fed  their  horses  on  the  new  wheat  of  the 
recent  harvest. 


170  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

the  reception  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  hospital 
sick  in  the  "  Brethren's  House."  The  next  morning 
they  entered  the  settlement,  a  pitiable  spectacle  to 
behold,  —  totally  destitute,  gaunt,  and  famishing; 
"and,"  says  the  diary,  "had  Bethlehem  not  supplied 
them  with  food,  many  of  them  would  have  perished; 
for  three  days  elapsed  before  the  arrival  of  the  supplies 
intended  for  their  use." 

Before  the  close  of  the  winter,  one  hundred  and  ten 
of  their  number  were  released  from  suffering  and  dis- 
tress by  the  hand  of  death.  In  this  interval  they  had 
received  many  attentions  from  the  single  brethren, 
who  remained  in  the  house,  and  also  from  the  pastors 
of  the  congregation  and  residents  in  the  town.  To 
the  former  was  assigned  the  work  of  constructing  cof- 
fins for  the  dead.  They  also  dug  the  graves  as  they 
were  wanted,  on  the  hill-side  west  of  the  Manokasy, — 
charitable  ofi&ces  which  are  not  undeserving  the  kindly 
remembrance  of  posterity. 

The  first  occupation  of  the  Brethren's  House  by  the 
hospital  sick  continued  till  the  close  of  March,  1777, 
on  the  27th  day  of  that  month  the  remaining  thirty 
convalescent  soldiers  setting  out  for  the  army. 

"On  the  1st  of  January,  1777,"  continues  the 
diary,  "  Brother  Ettwein  made  his  rounds  through  the 
hospital  and  wished  the  sufferers  God's  blessing  on 
the  opening  of  the  new  year. 

^^  Jan.  3. — During  the  forenoon  we  heard  long-con- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  171 

tinued  cannonading.    Later,  it  was  ascertained  to  have 
been  at  Princeton.^ 

'"''Jan.  4. — Fifty  Canadians — wild  and  uncouth  fel- 
lows— came  to  pass  the  night. 

"■^  Jan.  6. — Brother  Ettwein  kept  the  funeral  of 
Thomas  Powel,  of  Maryland,  an  hospital  inmate. 

"  Jan.  8. — Dr.  Morgan  and  surgeons  received  orders 
to  repair  to  the  army  in  New  England. 

''^  Jan.  14-19. — Captain  Hays'  company  of  militia 
passed  on  their  retm-n  from  Trenton.  They  were  the 
first  in  this  county  last  autumn  to  take  the  field.  Mr. 
Rosebury,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman  stationed  at  the 
Irish  settlement  in  our  vicinity,  had  taken  a  zealous 
part  in  the  organization  of  the  company,  and  even 
submitted  his  name  among  the  lots  to  be  drawn.  The 
lot  falling  to  him,  he  shouldered  a  private's  rifle  and 
repaired  to  Trenton,  where  he  alone  of  the  company 
was  left  dead  on  the  field. 

"  Jan.  25. — ^Messrs.  John  Adams,  Lovel,  and  Hall, 
delegates  to  Congress,  arrived  here  on  their  way  to 
Baltimore.  They  were  shown  our  '  Choir-Houses' 
and  other  objects  of  interest. 

^^  Jan.  28. — Mr.  Walton,  delegate  from  Georgia, 
who  has  been  appointed  by  Congress  to  meet  the 
Indians  in  treaty  at  Easton,  stopped  on  his  way  to  see 
our  settlement.  Brother  Leinback  returned  from 
Philadelphia,  where  he  had  with  difficulty  succeeded 
in  purchasing  a  bushel  of  salt  for  eight  dollars. 
» See  Lossing,  Vol.  II.  p.  28. 


172  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

"  Jan.  30, — Mr.  Praeus,  a  native  of  the  Tyrol,  died 
in  the  hospital.  In  his  illness  he  had  looked  to  his 
Redeemer,  and  with  his  last  breath  called  on  the  name 
of  Jesus. 

'■'■  Feh.  6-7. — Three  hundred  men  from  Ticonderoga 
halted  here  for  eight  days,  and  were  quartered  in  the 
workshops  and  private  residences  mainly,  as  the 
'  Brethren's  House'  could  accommodate  only  ninety 
of  the  number.  They  deported  themselves  quietly, 
and  were  thankful  for  the  kindness  shown  them. 

''''Feb.  9. — Brother  Brown  returned  from  Philadel- 
phia, where,  through  the  mediation  of  Dr.  Shippen,  he 
had  succeeded  in  procuring  fifty  bushels  of  salt  for  our 
settlement,  at  the  rate  of  four  dollars  per  bushel. 

^^  Feh.  10. — For  the  past  week  we  have  been  in- 
formed of  threats  made  on  the  part  of  some  militia 
in  the  vicinity  of  Allentown  against  us  and  our  town. 
The  soldiers  at  present  quartered  among  us  are,  with 
their  officers,  determined  to  protect  our  place,  and  will 
remain  until  the  militia  have  passed  through  to  camp. 
Mr.  Joseph  Dean,  of  Philadelphia,  of  '■  the  Committee 
of  Safety,'  remained  on  account  of  the  threatened 
disturbance. 

"  Feh.  13. — The  first  four  companies  of  the  militia 
passed  through  our  place  in  quiet. 

^'-Feh.  14. — The  soldiers  from  Ticonderoga,  who  had 
enjoyed  our  hospitality  since  the  6th,  left  to-day. 

'■^  Feh.  15. — Five  additional  companies  of  militia 
passed  through.     Mr.  Dean  ordered  the  colonel  to  con- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  173 

duct  the  battalion  quietly  through  the  place, — Colonel 
Read,  of  the  hospital,  stationing  guards  around  the 
store,  and  the  Brethren's  and  Sisters'  Houses. 

"  Feb.  23. — A  party  of  soldiers  from  Albany  halted 
here  to-day. 

^^ Feb.  24. — Sixteen  wagons  with  Continental  stores, 
consisting  of  ammunition,  wine,  and  rum,  arrived  from 
Morristown,  with  orders  from  the  Generals  to  be 
stored  here. 

^^  Feb.  25. — Successive  parties  of  soldiers  passed 
through. 

^^  Feb.  26. — Additional  Continental  stores  reached 
here. 

^^  March  11. — General  Armstrong,  on  his  way  to 
the  army,  stopped,  and  attended  the  evening  service 
in  the  chapel. 

^^  March  24. — Early  this  morning  Dr.  Shippen's  in- 
fant son  died,  and,  at  the  request  of  the  parents,  was 
buried  in  our  graveyard.  The  mother,  who  has  so- 
journed in  our  midst  almost  four  months,  leaves  in  a 
few  days. 

^' April  3. — Brigadier-General  de  Fermoy,  in  com- 
pany with  several  American  officers,  on  their  way  to 
Albany,  visited  the  '  Choir-Houses'  and  other  public 
buildings, — as  also  two  Waldecker,  one  English,  and 
one  Scotch  officer,  prisoners  of  war  on  parole. 

"  April  7. — In  the  evening,  General  Gates  and  staff" 
arrived,  and  next  day  attended  the  funeral  service  of 
a  deceased  brother.     On  the  11th  he  set  out  on  his 


174  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

way  for  Ticonderoga,  the  Brethren  Ettwein  and  Hasse, 
at  his  request,  accompanying  the  party  to  Christian 
Spring  and  Nazareth  as  far  as  the  ^plains'  beyond 
Schoeneck. 

'■''May  9. — Colonel  McLean,  with  a  troop  of  light 
horse,  reached  here  from  Philadelphia,  expecting  to 
find  Lady  Washington,  whom  he  was  to  escort  hence. 
The  lady  and  her  retinue  had,  however,  struck  off  on 
the  Durham  Road  and  thus  missed  Bethlehem. 

'■''MayW. — Early  in  the  morning  we  heard  heavy 
cannonading. 

'^  May  29. — General  Schuyler  and  staff,  on  their 
way  to  Albany,  stopped,  and .  requested  to  be  shown 
through  the  '  Class  or  Choir-Houses.'  Also  General 
Joseph  Reed,  who  had  arrived  a  few  days  before. 

'■^  May  31. — Captain  Webb,  the  Methodist  preacher, 
arrived  with  his  family.  He  is  a  prisoner  on  parole, 
with  permission  to  remain  at  Bethlehem  until  ex- 
changed. 

^'■June  4. — An  express  from  Easton  came  to  demand 
six  wagons  from  Bethlehem  and  Nazareth  for  the 
transportation  of  provisions  to  the  army. 

''June  20.— Mr.  EUery,  of  Newport,  and  Mr.  Whip- 
ple, of  New  Hampshire,  delegates  to  Congress,  visited 
our  settlement  to-day,  and,  on  leaving,  expressed 
themselves  highly  delighted  with  its  arrangements. 

"  June  22. — Colonel  Isaac  Read,  a  lawyer  from 
Charlotte,  State  of  Virginia,  who  had  been  ill  at  a  pri- 
vate house  since  December  last,  left  for  Philadelphia. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  175 

'^^  June  25. — General  Mifflin  arrived  to-day.  We 
were  astonished  to  learn  that  he  had  left  orders  with 
Quartermaster  Hooper  to  station  a  special  guard  of 
seven  men  for  the  protection  of  the  Continental  stores. 
It  was  with  some  little  difficulty  that  we  prevailed 
upon  Mr.  Hooper  to  have  the  order  countermanded. 

'■''July  21. — John  Duffield,  a  surgeon,  who  had  lain 
ill  at  the  house  of  a  brother,  left  for  Philadelphia.  He 
was  the  last  of  the  sick  attached  to  the  hospital. 

"  Au(/.  14. — General  Schuyler  and  family  arrived, 
anxious  to  procure  lodgings,  purposing  to  remain  here 
several  months.     Such  applications  are  frequent. 

^^  Avg.  24-26. — In  these  days  quite  a  number  of 
English  officers,  prisoners  of  war,  on  their  way  from 
Reading  to  Easton,  sojourned  with  us,  and,  at  their 
request,  were  shown  the  large  buildings.  Some  of 
them  were  from  North  Carolina. 

^^  Sept.  2. — Early  this  morning  an  express  from 
Reading  brought  the  unwelcome  intelligence  that  two 
hundred  and  sixty  English  prisoners,  under  a  large 
escort,  would  be  conveyed  hither  for  safe-keeping.  To- 
wards evening  two  of  the  county  lieutenants  arrived ; 
and  next  day,  in  company  with  Brother  Ettwein,  they 
inspected  the  public  buildings,  with  a  view  of  selecting 
one  for  the  accommodation  of  the  prisoners.  The  large 
family  house^  on  the  square  in  the  middle  of  the  town 
was  jBnally  chosen.     Against  this  we  protested ;  and, 

^  The  large  white  building  in  Main  Street,  not  far  from  the  Mo- 
ravian church.     Built  in  1753. 


176  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

as  our  objections  were  ineffectual,  it  was  resolved  to 
lay  our  grievances,  in  writing,  before  the  Council  of 
War.  This  was  done  at  once,  and  the  remonstrance 
despatched  by  an  express,  who  returned  on  the  6th  of 
the  month  with  the  following  reply  : — 

"  '  War-Office,  September  5,  1777. 
"  ^  GrENTLEMEN : — The  Board  have  received  a  repre- 
sentation from  you  in  behalf  of  the  inhabitants  of  Beth- 
lehem. They  are  extremely  sorry  that  any  incon- 
veniences should  arise  from  the  execution  of  an  order 
of  theirs  relative  to  the  prisoners  to  be  stationed  at 
Bethlehem.  But  the  necessity  of  the  case  requires 
the  measure,  and  the  good  people  of  your  town  must 
endeavor  to  reconcile  the  matter  as  well  as  they  can. 
If  the  guards  or  persons  employed  deport  themselves 
improperly,  any  grievance  the  inhabitants  complain  of 
on  this  account  will  be  immediately  redressed ;  and. 
as  soon  as  circumstances  will  admit,  the  prisoners  will 
be  removed.  Richard  Peters, 

" '  Secretary^ 

"  Se^t.  7. — This  afternoon  the  prisoners  arrived  by 
way  of  AUentown,  under  guard  of  one  hundred  Ameri- 
cans, and  were  taken  to  their  quarters.  Two  hundred 
of  the  number  were  Highlanders.^ 

"  Se]pt.  16. — Baron  de  Kalb,  and  three  other  officers 

^  Probably  some  of  Donald  McDonald's  men  from  Nortb  Carolina. 
— See  Lossing,  Vol.  II.  p.  377. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  177 

in  the  French  service,  came  here  on  a  visit.  A  long 
train  of  heavily-laden  wagons  from  French  Creek 
arrived,  bringing  intelligence  of  Washington's  order 
to  have  the  military  stores  removed  thence  to  this 
place.  We  expressed  our  dissatisfaction  at  the  pro- 
ceeding, but  it  was  useless.  The  wagons  were  un- 
loaded near  the  tile-kilns^  and  put  in  guard  of  forty 
men.  The  little  encampment  remained  here  until  the 
24th  of  December. 

^^  Sept.  18. — Eight  tories  from  the  Jerseys,  under 
escort,  were  brought  to-day  for  safe-keeping  among 
the  prisoners  quartered  in  the  family  house.  They 
were  bound  two  and  two.  On  their  way  to  the  Le- 
high, several  of  the  guard  recklessly  fired  their  rifles 
in  the  town,  one  of  the  bullets  whistling  past  Brother 
Nathaniel  Seidel's  head,  who  chanced  to  be  in  the 
garden  behind  the  Brethren's  House,  and  a  second 
ploughing  up  the  ground  immediately  before  him.  As 
Brother  Ettwein  was  passing  up  the  street,  he  wa.^ 
promptly  ordered  back  by  the  guard  around  the  pri- 
soners' quarters.  A  report  was  current  that  the  army 
is  on  its  way  hither. 

"  In  the  evening  of  the  19th  of  the  month  we  re- 
ceived (through  Dr.  Jackson)  the  following  notice  from 
the  Director-General  of  the  Continental  Hospital : — 


'  The  locality  of  this  kiln,  where  roofing-tiles  were  burnt  for  the 
Moravian  settlements  in  the  neighborhood,  is  yet  pointed  out  on 
the  Manokasy,  half  a  mile  northwest  of  Bethlehem.  It  was  con- 
structed at  an  early  day. 

12 


178  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

" '  Gentlemen  : — It  gives  me  great  pain  to  be  obliged 
by  order  of  Congress  to  send  my  sick  and  wounded 
soldiers  to  your  peaceable  village ;  but  so  it  is.  We 
will  want  room  for  two  thousand  at  Bethlehem,  Easton, 
and  Northampton,  and  you  may  expect  them  on  Satur- 
day or  Sunday.  These  are  dreadful  times, — conse- 
quences of  unnatural  wars.  I  am  truly  concerned  for 
your  society,  and  wish  sincerely  this  stroke  could  be 
averted ;  but  'tis  impossible. 

"'William  Shippen.'^ 

"  Seeing  ourselves  under  the  necessity  of  relieving 
the  distress  of  the  country,  on  the  next  day  we  gave 
orders  for  the  evacuation  of  the  Brethren's  House  by 
its  residents,  and  its  clearance  from  basement  to  attic. 
Its  inmates  were  distributed  at  Nazareth  and  the  adja- 
cent settlements  of  Christian  Spring  and  Gnadenthal. 

"  This  was  on  the  20th  of  September,  and  just  in 
time  for  the  reception  of  the  sick  and  wounded,  who 
now  came  in  daily.  In  consequence  of  the  removal  of 
the  hospital  to  our  place,  the  latter  was  visited  by 
many  persons  of  distinction.  The  second  occupation 
of  the  Brethren's  House  by  the  hospital-sick  continued 
until  June,  1778. 

"  Sept.  21. — To-day,"  continues  the  diary,  "  several 
delegates  to  Congress,  from  Virginia,  North  Carolina, 
and  New  York,  came  from  Philadelphia.     Our  friend 


^  Dr.  Shippen  was  one   of  the  Professors   in  the   University  of 
Pennsylvania.    For  a  biographical  sketch,  see  Lossing,  Vol.  II.  p.  34. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR,  179 

and  protector,  Henry  Laurens,  of  Charleston,  was  of 
the  party.  They  attended  the  litany  service  and 
English  preaching.  In  the  evening  General  Wood- 
ford, Colonel  Armstrong,  and  the  young  Marquis  de 
La  Fayette  with  a  suite  of  Frenchmen,  also  arrived. 
The  last-named  gentleman  had  been  disabled  by  a 
wound^  received  at  the  battle  of  the  Brandywine  on 
the  11th  of  the  month,  and  was  come  for  medical 
treatment.  As  the  hospital  surgeons  desired  an  addi- 
tional building  for  the  sick,  and  suggested  the  Widows' 
or  Sisters'  House  as  most  appropriate,  Brother  Ett- 
wein,  while  conducting  a  party  of  delegates  through 
the  latter,  took  occasion  to  represent  the  distress 
which  an  ejectment  from  their  home  would  cause  the 
helpless  female  residents.  He  was  listened  to  respect- 
fully, and  a  promise  at  once  given  him  that  these 
houses  should  be  held  sacred.  On  returning  to  the 
tavern,  Henry  Laurens  commissioned  Richard  Henry 
Lee,  of  Virginia,  to  issue  the  following  order  : — 

"'Bethlehem,  September  22,  1777. 
" '  Having  here  observed  a  diligent  attention  to  the 
sick  and  wounded,  and  a  benevolent  desire  to   make 
the  necessary  provision  for  the  relief  of  the  distressed 
as  far  as  the  power  of  the  brethren  enable  them, 

'  La  Fayette,  who  had  leaped  from  his  horse  while,  sword  in 
hand,  endeavoring  to  rally  the  yielding  patriots,  was  wounded  in 
the  leg  by  a  musket-ball  and  fell. — Lossing'a  Field-Bool-  of  the 
Revolution. 


180  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

" '  We  desire  that  all  Continental  officers  may  re- 
frain from  disturbing  the  persons  or  property  of  the 
Moravians  in  Bethlehem ;  and,  particularly,  that  they 
do  not  disturb  or  molest  the  houses  where  the  women 
are  assembled. 

" '  Given  under  our  hands  at  the  time  and  place 
above  mentioned. 

John  Hancock,  Richard  Henry  Lee, 

Samuel  Adams,  Henry  Laurens, 

James  Duane,  William  Duer, 

Nathan  Brownson,  Cornelius  Harnett, 

Nathaniel  Folsom,  Benjamin  Harrison, 

Richard  Law,  Joseph  Jones, 

Ehphalet  Dyer,  John  Adams, 

Henry  Marchant,  William  Williams. 

"  '  Delegates  to  Congress' 

"  Sept.  25. — Many  of  these  gentlemen  attended  the 
children's  meeting  in  our  chapel.  After  service,  Han- 
cock took  up  the  text-book  which  lay  on  the  table,  and, 
with  several  others,  examined  its  contents,  when  Bro- 
ther Ettwein  offered  to  explain  its  design  and  use,  at 
the  same  time  reading  the  word  for  the  day : — Who- 
ever is  not  against  us  is  for  us.  To  this  Samuel 
Adams  remarked,  '  St.  Paul  says.  If  any  man  love  not 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  let  him  be  anathema.' 

"  During  their  sojourn,  the  delegates  spoke  in  high 
terms  of  Bethlehem.  Those  from  New  England,  espe- 
cially, were  delighted  with  our  institutions,  and  the 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  181 

neatness    prevalent   in   the   settlement,  promising   to 
exert  their  influence  for  the  speedy  removal  of  the 
hospital  and  English  prisoners,  provided  we  would  con- 
sent to  their  making  Bethlehem  their  head-quarters 
during  the  war.     It  was  by  much  persuasion  only  that 
we  induced  them  to  abandon  the  idea,  setting  before 
them  the  ruinous  consequences  to  our  society  which 
would  inevitably  result  from  such  a  measure.    Not  only 
were  they  satisfied  with  our  argument,  but  generously 
ordered  the  removal  of  the  laboratory  just  set  up  in 
one  of  the  workshops  for  the  manufacture  of  cartridges 
to  Allentown,  and  the  early  transfer  of  the  Highlanders 
to  Lancaster.     They  admitted  that  we  bore  more  than 
our  full  share  of  the  common  burden.     On  the  23d  the 
party  left  for  Lancaster. 

"  ^Sept.  23. — The  whole  of  the  heavy  baggage  of  the 
army,  in  a  continuous  train  of  seven  hundred  wagons, 
directly  from  the  camp,  arrived,  under  escort  of  two 
hundred  men,  commanded  by  Colonel  Polk,^  of  North 
Carolina.  They  encamped  on  the  south  side  of  the 
Lehigh,  and  in  one  night  destroyed  all  our  buckwheat 
and  the  fences  around  the  fields.  The  convoy  was  a 
lawless  party  of  North  Carolinians  and  Virginians. 
The  wagons  were  under  orders  to  return,  after  un- 
loading, to  Trenton,  for  the  stores  there  deposited. 
Among  other  things  brought  here  were  the  church- 


»  See  Lossing,  Vol.  II.  p.  406,  for  a  biographical  sketch  and  por- 
trait of  Colonel  William  Polk,  of  North  Carolina. 


182  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

bells^  from  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  The  wagon  which 
conveyed  the  State-House  belP  broke  down  in  the 
street,  and  had  to  be  unloaded. 

^^Sept.  25. — The  Highland  prisoners  left  for  Read- 
ing, on  their  way  to  Lancaster." 

Had  the  Howes  followed  up  their  successes  over 
the  Americans,  and  pursued  Washington,  the  latter 
would  undoubtedly  have  fallen  back  on  Bethlehem 
and  here  taken  up  a  defensive  position.  Preparations 
in  anticipation  of  such  an  event  were  actually  made, 
General  De  Kalb  and  a  corps  of  French  engineers 
having  surveyed  the  heights  in  and  around  the  settle- 
ment, and  Colonel  Polk,  of  the  baggage,  having  re- 
ceived orders  to  hold  himself  in  readiness  to  cross  the 
river  and  occupy  the  southern  acclivity  of  the  town. 
Bethlehem,  however,  was  spared  the  additional  horrors 
of  battle  and  bloodshed. 

"  Oct.  4. — Loud  cannonading  was  heard  in  the  dis- 
tance. Some  days  later,  intelligence  reached  us  of  the 
battle  of  Germantown,  and  on  the  6th  and  7th  num- 
bers of  the  wounded  were  conveyed  here  to  the 
hospital. 


^  In  1754,  a  chime  of  bells,  weighing  eight  thousand  pounds,  for 
Christ  Church  steeple,  was  purchased  in  England  at  a  cost  of 
$4500.  In  1777,  these  bells  were  taken  down  from  the  steeple  and 
conveyed  to  Trenton  for  safety.  They  were  returned  and  hung 
again  after  the  enemy  evacuated  the  city. — Lossuig's  Field-Book 
of  the  Revolution,  Vol.  II.  p.  44. 

"'  When  the  British  army  approached  Philadelphia,  in  1777,  this 
bell  was  taken  down  and  carried  to  a  place  of  safety. — Ibid.  See 
Vol.  II.  p.  66,  for  a  full  account  of  the  "  Liberty  Bell." 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  183 

"  Brother  Ettwein  accompanied  General  Woodford 
and  Colonels  Bannister  and  Elliot,  of  Virginia,  to 
Nazareth  and  Christian  Spring,  apparently  objects  of 
interest  to  those  visiting  here. 

"  In  this  month  orders  were  issued  for  the  collection 
of  clothing  for  the  soldiers  in  the  army.  General 
Woodford  generously  protected  us  from  lawless  pillage, 
not  unfrequently  resorted  to  in  the  execution  of  these 
orders,  and  made  the  contribution  from  our  side 
optional.  We  made  several  collections  of  blankets 
for  the  destitute  soldiers ;  also  shoes,  stockings,  and 
breeches  for  the  convalescent  in  the  hospital,  many  of 
whom  had  come  here  attired  in  rags  swarming  with 
vermin,  while  others  had,  during  their  stay,  been  de- 
prived of  their  all  by  their  comrades. 

"  Oct.  18. — The  French  Marquis  de  La  Fayette  left 
us  to-day.  We  found  him  a  very  intelligent  and  plea- 
sant young  man.  He  occupied  much  of  his  time  in 
reading;  and,  among  other  matter,  read  an  English 
translation  of  the  history  of  the  Greenland  Mission. 
With  the  accounts  given  by  the  missionaries  he  ex- 
pressed himself  highly  gratified,  pronouncing  some  of 
their  descriptions  '' pompevx,'  and  their  narrative  of 
facts  simple  and  truthful.  Before  bidding  adieu,  ho 
desired  to  be  shown  through  the  Sisters'  House,  along 
with  his  adjutants, — a  request  which  we  were  pleased 
to  grant.  His  admiration  of  the  institution  was 
unbounded. 

'•'■  Oct.  22. — A  number  of  wagons  with  sick  from  the 


184  BETHLEHExM    SOUVENIR. 

army  arrived.  As  no  accommodation  could  be  pro- 
vided, they  were  forwarded  to  Easton.  Upwards  of 
four  hundred  are  at  present  in  the  Brethren's  House 
alone,  and  fifty  in  the  tents  below.  The  hospital  phy- 
sicians refuse  to  receive  more  into  the  large  building. 

"  Oct.  24. — Heavy  and  uninterrupted  cannonading 
was  heard  from  early  in  the  morning  till  noon,  when, 
after  a  thundering  report  and  concussion,  it  ceased. 

''■Nov.  2. — John  Hancock  passed  through  on  his 
way  from  Yorktown  to  Boston.  He  was  escorted 
thence  by  a  troop  of  fifteen  horsemen,  who  had  awaited 
his  arrival.  From  him  we  learned  that  our  friend 
Henry  Laurens,  of  Charleston,  had  been  chosen  Presi- 
dent of  the  Congress. 

''■Nov.  4. — Brother  Ettwein  was  requested  to  visit 
a  sick  and  dying  man  in  the  hospital,  Robert  Lepus 
by  name,  from  Maryland.  It  was  an  affecting  inter- 
view, and  impressive  to  the  spectators.  Robert  Gil- 
lespie, the  steward,  noted  for  his  daring  and  hardiness, 
was  much  moved  on  the  occasion,  and,  what  is  remark- 
able, taken  with  the  camp-fever  on  the  same  day, 
which  terminated  fatally  on  the  14th  of  the  month. 

'•'•Nov.  11. — Doctor  Aquila  Wilmot,^  a  hospital  phy- 
sician, died,  and,  pursuant  to  a  request  made  on  his 
death-bed,  was  interred  in  our  graveyard. 

*  The  remains  of  these  two  repose  in  the  unfinished  row  at  that 
time  set  apart  for  the  members  of  other  persuasions,  near  the  north- 
ern limits  of  the  graveyard.  Wilmot  was  the  first  of  the  number 
there  interred. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  185 

iiJSfov.   21. Brother  Ettwein,  on  his  visit  to  the 

hospital,  found  a  Narraganset  Indian  in  great  distress 
about  his  soul  at  the  near  approach  of  death  and  eter- 
nity. The  poor  man  observed,  'I  once  had  a  little 
faith,  but  I  have  lost  all.' 

''Nov.  27. — This  evening  a  remarkably  brilliant 
aurora  rose  in  the  northwestern  sky,  and  gradually 
moved  towards  the  eastern  horizon,  its  blood-red  arch 
flashing  with  streamers  of  white  light. 

"  Dec.  7.— In  the  forenoon,  Brother  Ettwein  preached 
to  the  inmates  of  the  hospital  from  Matthew  xviii.  11. 
The  audience  assembled  in  the  dormitory  on  the  third 
floor. 

''Dec.  11.— Richard  Thompson,  of  Virginia,  died  in 
the  hospital,  in  assurance  of  faith  and  the  salvation  of 
his  soul  by  the  merits  of  the  Redeemer. 

"  Dec.  20. — Five  corpses  were  conveyed  out  of  the 
Brethren's  House  for  burial. 

"Dec.  24. — Our  Christmas  festivities  were  attended 
by  the  physicians  and  surgeons  attached  to  the  hos- 
pital, and  by  the  convalescent  officers." 

During  the  month  of  December,  1777,  large  num- 
bers of  sick  were  brought  to  Bethlehem  from  the 
Jerseys,  generally  in  open  wagons,  often  amid  snow 
and  beating  rain,— pitiable  objects,  with  clothing  in- 
sufficient to  shelter  their  fevered  limbs  from  tlu* 
piercing  cold.  The  hospital-list  daily  increased,  and 
between  Christmas  and  New  Year  upwards  of  seven 
hundred    invalids  were   crowded  into  the   Brethren's 


186  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

House  alone.  Numbers  died, — especially  in  the  upper 
stories,  where  the  filth  and  iwllution  were  intolerable.^ 
Here  was  a  field  for  Christian  benevolence  which  the 
Brethren  cheerfully  entered.  The  worthy  Ettwein 
and  Fries  proved  themselves  faithful  disciples  of  the 
Great  Physician  who  was  pleased  to  cheer  the  droop- 
ing spirits  and  heal  the  infirmities  of  sinful  humanity 
while  he  walked  this  earth  on  his  mission  of  divine 
mercy.  For  his  sake  they  shunned  not  the  house  of 
disease  and  death,  and,  trusting  in  him,  ventured  to 
brave  the  pestilence  in  its  stronghold,  smoothing  the 
dying  pillow  of  the  forlorn  and  bed-ridden  stranger 
with  the  consolations  of  religion,  and  preparing  many 
a  soul  for  its  happy  translation  from  scenes  of  misery 
to  that  peaceful  world  where  sorrow  and  crying,  and 
pain  and  death,  shall  enter  no  more  forever.^ 

'  The  removal  of  the  hospital  to  Bethlehem  was  against  the  ex- 
postulations of  the  Surgeon-General,  Shippen,  who  urged  that  the 
loss  of  life  of  numbers  of  the  wounded  would  be  the  consequence. 
But,  as  the  position  of  the  hospital  was  endangered  by  the  approach 
of  the  British,  General  Washington  felt  that  there  was  no  alter- 
native. 

^  The  following  note  should  have  had  a  place  on  page  165,  as 
evidence  that,  while  the  Moravians  declined  to  furnish  aid  in  sol- 
diers to  the  army  of  the  Revolution,  they  did  not  extend  their  doc- 
trine so  far  as  to  refuse  that  army  the  comfort  that  consistently  with 
their  belief  they  could  bestow  : — 

"May  1,  1776.  The  Sisterhood  of  Bethlehem  having  presented 
this  Board  (Committee  of  Safety  of  Pennsylvania)  with  a  quantity 
of  linen  rags  for  the  benefit  of  such  as  may  be  wounded  in  the  ser- 
vice of  their  country, 

"  Resolved,  That  this  instance  of  their  humanity  be  thankfully 
acknowledged." — American  Archives,  IV.  Series,  Vol.  V.  p.  744. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 


187 


The  number  of  deaths  in  the  Brethren's  House 
during  its  second  occupancy  as  an  hospital  has  not 
been  accurately  ascertained.  There  was  every  effort 
made  on  the  part  of  its  superintendents  to  keep  this 
a  matter  of  secrecy.  Nevertheless,  it  is  well  esta- 
blished that  upwards  of  three  hundred  died,  (many  of 
them  Virginians,)  and  were  carried  out  for  interment 
on  the  hill-side,  west  of  the  town,  during  the  last  three 
months  of  the  year  1777.^ 

An  order  for  the  removal  of  the  hospital  to  Lan- 
caster, issued  in  December,  1777,  could  be  executed 
but  gradually;  and  it  was  not  until  the  summer  of 
the  following  year  that  the  Brethren's  House  was 
again  open  for  the  reception  of  its  former  occupants. 
On  the  20th  of  June,  1778,  it  was   entered  by  them 

anew. 

Such  is  the  Revolutionary  history  of  the  old  Semi- 
nary building  which  was  festively  entered  by  the 
pupils  on  the  10th  of  November,  1815. 

This  was  the  last  occasion  in  which  Brother  Cunow 
participated  as  Principal,  before  his  voyage  to  Europe 
near  the  close  of  the  same  month. 

In  his  absence,  Brother  Charles  G.  ReicheP  was  in- 


1  la  August,  1839,  the  workmen  engaged  in  digging  into  the 
hill-side,  preparatory  to  putting  up  the  foundation-walls  of  a  barn 
on  the  premises  of  Mr.  John  Krause,  of  this  place,  came  upon  a 
quantity  of  human  bones  and  skulls,  relics  of  the  Revolutionary 
soldiers  who  passed  their  last  days  in  the  hospital  at  Bethlehem. 

»  The  same  brother  had  managed  its  concerns  during  Brother 
Cunow's  absence,  when,   in  August,  1815,  he  visited  the  Indian 


188  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

trusted  with  the  superintendence  of  the  Institution 
until  February,  1816. 

Ninety-two  pupils  were  received  during  this  ad- 
ministration. 

Brother  Cunow  returned  to  his  native  country  in 
1821.  The  last  years  of  his  life  were  spent  at  Konigs- 
berg,  a  Moravian  settlement  in  Prussia,  where  he  died 
in  1829. 

Brother  Reichel  left  for  Europe  in  1818.  He  lived 
in  retirement,  in  the  Moravian  congregation  of  Niesky, 
in  Silesia,  until  his  death,  in  1825. 

During  the  last  two  administrations,  the  interests 
of  the  Seminary  began  to  suffer  in  consequence  of  the 
political  condition  of  our  country.  The  war  of  1812 
brought  with  it  much  financial  distress,  paralyzing  the 
various  departments  of  industry,  many  of  which,  being 
yet  in  their  infancy,  were  unable  to  bear  the  shock. 
Men  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  (a  class  which  has 
always  largely  sustained  the  Moravian  schools,)  having 
become  disabled  in  their  resources,  now  shrank  from 
the  expense  incident  to  a  liberal  education  of  their 
daughters.  This  state  of  things  had  a  detrimental 
effect  on  the  Seminary,  which,  at  the  close  of  Brother 
Cunow's  administration,  was  far  from  being  in  a  flou- 
rishing condition. 

The  Brethren  were  now  in  possession  of  a  new  and 
comfortable  house,  which  it  was  believed  would  prove 

mission  at  Fairfield,  Canada  West,  which  had  suffered  severely 
during  the  late  war. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  189 

a  new  recommendation  of  the  school,  and  insure  an 
increase  of  pupils  such  as  would  not  only  be  sufficient 
for  its  maintenance,  but  •also  for  the  gradual  dis- 
bursement of  the  heavy  outlays  which  had  already 
been  made.  The  selection  of  a  suitable  Principal,  who 
could  devote  all  his  time  and  energies  to  the  interests 
of  the  school,  was  a  second  point  which  claimed  the 
attention  of  the  trustees,  and  which  circumstances 
only  had  prevented  them  from  making  at  an  earlier 
day. 

According!}',  in  August  of  1815,  the  charge  of  the 
vSeminary  had  been  tendered  to  Brother  Henry  Stein- 
hauer,  of  Bristol,  England, — a  gentleman  of  eminent 
abilities  for  the  office  which  he  was  called  upon  to 
enter.  In  February,  1816,  he  reached  this  country, 
and  on  the  18th  of  the  month  he  and  his  consort 
were  introduced  to  the  assembled  scholars,  who  wel- 
comed them  in  an  appropriate  address  by  one  of 
their  number.  The  Seminary  now  enjoyed  a  season 
of  much  prosperity,  owing,  in  a  great  measure,  to 
the  character  and  reputation  of  its  presiding  officer. 
He  was  not  only  esteemed  for  his  Christian  graces  in 
the  narrow  circle  of  his  church,  but  was  also  favorably 
known  without  its  borders  as  a  man  of  science.  In 
England  he  had  moved  in  a  highly-cultivated  society, 
for  which  position  he  was  admirably  fitted  by  his 
literary  and  other  brilliant  social  quaUties.  His  ac- 
quaintance with  families  of  influence  and  men  of 
note  in  that  country  proved  of  advantage  to  him  in 


190  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

his  present  capacity.  Through  their  recommendation 
he  was  introduced  into  various  highly-respectable 
circles,  and  thus  gained  much  important  patronage 
for  the  Seminary.  Pupils  were  now  sent  from  all 
parts  of  the  Union ;  and  before  two  years  had  elapsed 
the  number  had  increased  to  one  hundred  and  thirty. 

With  such  prospects,  the  Principal  felt  encouraged 
to  improve  the  arrangements  of  the  school  so  as  to 
afford  the  pupils  every  means  of  profiting  while  they 
were  under  his  charge.  No  eJBTort  was  spared  in  pro- 
curing the  services  of  capable  tutoresses ;  and,  in  1817, 
three  sisters  from  Bristol,  England,  entered  the  Semi- 
nary. Brother  Steinhauer  gave  lessons  in  French. 
Drawing,  and  Botany.  To  give  a  new  impetus  to  the 
study  of  music  in  its  several  branches,  and  to  encourage 
a  taste  for  the  same  among  the  pupils,  superior  instru- 
ments were  procured,  and  the  old-fashioned  spinets  gra- 
dually fell  into  disuse.  Besides  the  reintroduction  of 
French,  attention  was  also  paid  to  a  variety  of  orna- 
mental branches  not  previously  taught, — such  as  paint- 
ing in  water-colors,  painting  in  ebony,  and  fancy-work 
in  pasteboard.  The  shelves  of  the  circulating  librar}' 
received  valuable  additions,  and  the  philosophical  appa- 
ratus just  obtained  proved  an  incentive  to  the  study 
of  the  natural  sciences.  On  the  latter  the  Principal 
occasionally  lectured,  to  the  dehght  of  his  pupils,  who 
could  not  fail  to  be  interested  in  these  charming  studies 
under  the  able  guidance  of  one  of  nature's  most  enthu- 
siastic admirers. 


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BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR.  193 

successfully  for  fourteen  years.  On  the  third  day 
after  her  demise,  her  remains  were  followed  to  the 
grave  by  her  mourning  pupils,  colleagues,  and  other 
friends. 

An  improvement  called  for  by  the  crowded  con- 
dition of  the  school  was  the  connection  of  the  small 
building  on  the  west  end  with  the  main  edifice,  and 
the  conversion  of  its  second  floor  into  a  chapel  foi- 
daily  worship  and  festive  occasions.  In  August, 
1817,  it  was  dedicated  with  appropriate  religious 
solemnities. 

A  seventh  "room-company"  was  also  formed,  and 
the  number  of  tutoresses  increased  to  fourteen. 

In  June,  1818,  the  school-year  was  closed  with  an 
exhibition  in  the  village  church.  Those  who  were 
present  wiU  remember  'the  brilliant  success  which 
crowned  the  performances.  The  large  house  was  filled 
with  parents  and  their  friends  from  a  distance,  who 
listened  with  rapt  attention  to  the  exercises  of  the 
day.  It  was  here  that  Brother  Steinhauer  appeared 
for  the  last  time  in  public ;  and  the  easy  dignity  with 
which  he  conducted  the  interesting  ceremonies, — the 
lustre  of  his  dark  eye,  as  it  kindled  and  lit  up  his  deli- 
cate features,  pallid  and  wan  from  the  inroads  of  in- 
sidious disease, — the  solemn  tones  of  his  voice,  when. 
in  conclusion,  he  addressed  his  charge, — produced  a 
deep  and  abiding  impression  on  the  minds  of  the 
audience.      His  health  had  of  late  been  failing  fast. 

It  was  evident  already,  on  his  arrival  in  this  country, 

13 


194  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

that  he  was  the  marked  victim  of  slow  but  certain 
consumption.  Change  of  climate,  and  new  scenes  and 
associations,  combated  the  destroyer  successfully  for 
a  time ;  but  yet  he  remained  an  invalid,  and  could  only 
with  difficulty  attend  to  the  duties  of  his  calling.  For 
weeks  he  would  be  confined  to  his  chamber ;  then 
would  come  an  interval  of  relief, — transient,  however, 
as  relapse  was  certain  and  more  dangerous.  The 
spirit  struggled  hard  with  the  infirmities  of  the  flesh ; 
but  the  latter  proved  victor  in  the  strife,  and  it  was 
manifest  in  his  last  appearance  in  public  that  this 
gifted  servant  of  the  Church  must  soon  succumb  be- 
neath this  fatal  disease.  On  the  22d  of  July  he  was 
called  away  from  his  successful  career,  in  the  prime 
of  manhood,  to  enter  into  the  joy  of  his  Lord. 

One  hundred  and  seventy-one  pupils  were  received 
during  this  administration,  a  number  of  whom  are  yet 
alive  to  testify  to  the  many  excellences  of  him  by 
whom  it  had  been  conducted.  Outside  the  pale  of 
his  Church  Brother  Steinhauer  enjoyed  no  little  cele- 
brity as  a  scholar  and  naturalist.  In  England,  as  well 
as  in  this  country,  he  had  contributed  to  scientific  and 
literary  journals.  By  men  of  like  tastes  his  acquaint- 
ance was  eagerly  sought  and  highly  valued.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1817,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  American 
Philosophical  Society,  at  Philadelphia,  whose  meetings 
he  occasionally  visited,  and  to  the  pages  of  whose 
"Transactions"   he    contributed    the    paper    entitled 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  105 

"  Fossil  Reliquce  of  Unknown  Vegetables  in  the  Coal 
Strata." 

A  sketch  of  his  life,  compiled  by  a  friend,  and 
communicated  at  the  close  of  the  funeral  service, 
according  to  Moravian  custom,  is  appended,  in  the 
belief  that  it  will  be  read  with  interest  by  his  former 
pupils : — 

"  Our  departed  brother,  the  Rev.  Henry  Steinhauer, 
was  born  February  28,  1782,  at  Haverford-West,  in 
South  Wales.  His  father,  John  Steinhauer,  and  his 
mother,  Anna  Mary,  daughter  of  Brother  John  Gam- 
bold,  late  bishop  of  the  Brethren's  Church,  early  dedi- 
cated him  to  the  Lord  and  His  service,  educating  him 
with  the  utmost  care  and  attention,  and  sparing  no 
pains  to  instil  into  his  tender  mind  the  precepts  of 
true  Christianity  which  powerfully  influenced  his 
heart  and  were  the  invariable  rule  of  his  conduct  in 
later  years, 

"He  enjoyed  the  affectionate  care  of  his  parents 
until  the  eighth  year  of  his  age,  at  which  time  he  was 
placed  at  Fulneck  School,  Yorkshire,  England,  whence 
he  was  sent  in  1795  to  Germany,  where  he  pursued 
his  studies  at  Barby  and  Niesky.  In  the  first-men- 
tioned place  he  was  received  into  the  congregation  in 
1796,  and  the  following  year  admitted  to  the  Sacra- 
ment of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

"  At  the  close  of  his  academical  years,  during  which 
he  had  made  considerable  progress  in  various  scien- 
tific   acquirements    to    the    full    satisfaction   of    his 


196  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

teachers,  he  was  appointed  a  tutor  in  Fulneck  School, 
and  next  took  charge  of  the  seminary  at  that  time 
established  for  the  education  of  students  intended  for 
the  ministry.  The  duties  of  both  these  stations  he 
discharged  with  zeal  and  faithftdness  for  almost  ten 
years,  and  numbers  of  his  pupils  will  ever  affection- 
ately remember  his  endeavors  to  imbue  their  minds 
with  the  principles  of  religion  and  piety.  Our  brother 
frequently  received  highly  gratifying  proofs  of  this 
affection  on  the  part  of  his  former  scholars  both  before 
and  since  his  residence  among  us.  During  his  stay  at 
Fulneck,  in  the  year  1811,  he  was  taken  so  ill  that  his 
recovery  seemed  doubtful.  He  was  partially  restored, 
but  remained  weak,  in  consequence  of  which  he  was 
obliged  to  change  his  place  of  abode.  He  accordingly 
removed  to  London,  and  then  to  Bath,  in  which  latter 
city  he  resided  almost  three  years,  being  engaged  in 
literary  and  scientific  pursuits,-;;;-which  led  to  an  ac- 
quaintance with  many  valuable  friends  in  various  ranks 
of  society, — and  partly  in  the  education  of  sonie  young 
gentlemen  who  were  being  prepared  by  him  for  the 
ministry.  He  frequently  assisted  the  pastor  of  the 
Moravian  congregation  in  that  city,  and  also  preached 
at  Bristol  with  much  acceptance.  In  1815,  he  re- 
ceived a  call  to  take  charge  of  the  boarding-school  for 
young  ladies  in  this  place.  September  21  of  the  same 
year,  he  married  the  single  sister,  Mary  Child,  by 
whom  he  had  two  children,  both  of  whom  were  re- 
moved in  their  infancy  to  a  better  world.     On  the 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  197 

17th  of  February,  1816,  he  arrived  here,  and  at  once 
entered  on  his  engagements  with  alacrity  and  zeal. 
He  very  soon  succeeded  in  gaining  not  only  the  affec- 
tion of  the  pupils  under  his  care,  but  also  the  confi- 
dence and  approbation  of  their  parents  and  friends 
generally. 

"After  the  loss  of  a  child  in  September,  1817,  his 
illness  greatly  increased,  so  much  as  to  confine  him 
almost  wholly  to  his  room  during  the  past  winter ; 
and,  although  the  hopes  of  affectionate  friends  and 
beloved  pupils  were  greatly  raised  by  the  subsequent 
apparent  amendment  of  his  health,  which  enabled  him 
to  conduct  the  late  public  examination  in  a  manner 
most  gratifying  to  those  who  were  present,  and  again 
to  address  his  pupils  in  the  meeting  on  Sunday  after- 
noon, yet  the  event  has  proved  their  hopes  to  have 
been  fallacious.  His  natural  flow  of  spirits  had  car- 
ried his  weak  frame  almost  beyond  its  strength.  The 
arrival  of  his  only  brother  from  England,  in  January 
of  the  current  year,  was  a  source  of  extreme  pleasure, 
and  for  a  time  made  him  forget  his  suffering.  But  aU 
was  ineffectual ;  and  nature  could  no  longer  sustain 
the  repeated  shocks  which  were  given  his  fragile 
constitution. 

"  On  Sunday,  the  19th  inst.,  he  felt  the  effects  of 
the  great  heat  in  an  especial  manner,  and  on  the  day 
following  extreme  debility  ensued,  so  that  his  friends 
became  greatly  alarmed.  He  seemed  to  be  aware  of 
the  danger  of  his  situation,  for  on  Tuesday  morning 


198  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

his  conversation  was  mainly  on  brighter  objects  than 
are  presented  by  this  world.  With  a  friendly  look,  he 
begged  to  be  forgiven  if  ever  he  had  thought  or  judged 
unkindly  of  any  one,  and  said  he  was  at  peace  with 
all  men.  It  was  evident  to  those  around  him  that  he 
held  sweet  communion  with  his  Lord ;  for  he  repeat- 
edly expressed  his  assurance  of  the  favor  of  the  Re- 
deemer. To  a  friend  he  observed,  'You  see  in  me 
not  the  triumphant  Christian,  but,  I  hope,  a  saved  sin- 
ner! In  health  we  sometimes  speak  of  exchanging 
corruptibility  for  incorruptibihty ;  but  it  is  only  in  the 
dying  hour  that  we  truly  learn  to  value  the  glorious 
promises  of  our  Saviour.'  At  another  time  he  said, 
'  Philosophy  affords  no  comfort :  now  nothing  but 
faith  can  support.'  When  asked  whether  he  had  noted 
down  any  remarkable  circumstance  in  his  life,  he 
observed,  'No,  I  have  not.  There  was  nothing  re- 
markable in  my  Hfe.  I  have  repaid  with  ingratitude 
numberless  favors  of  my  Lord.-'  To  his  partner  he 
said,  '  You  have  often  seen  me  sick, — very  sick.  You 
know  that  at  such  times  rising  doubts  led  me  to  de- 
spond. But  now  all  the  blessings  and  comforts  of  my 
Saviour  are  showered  down  upon  me  and  afford  me 
heavenly  consolation.  Do  not  you  be  cast  down.  We 
part  only  for  a  short  time.  The  Lord  wiU  never  leave 
you  nor  forsake  you.'  When  afterwards,  at  his  re- 
quest, a  prayer  had  been  offered  to  the  Throne  of 
Grace,  he  folded  his  hands  and  in  a  most  affecting 
manner   poured    out  his  soul  before    the    Lord : — '  0 


BETHLEHEM   SOUVENIR.  199 

my  Jesus,  strengthen  me  with  Thy  heavenly  comforts. 
Wash  me  clean  in  Thy  own  precious  blood.  Let  me 
not  despond  in  the  trying  moments  of  nature's  last 
struggle.  Forgive  my  manifold  transgressions.'  Such 
were  some  of  his  petitions.  He  then  commended  his 
dear  partner  and  beloved  brother  and  sister  to  the  care 
of  his  heavenly  Father. 

"  The  fortitude  and  resignation  with  which  he  bore 
pain  and  suffering  were  proof  of  the  sweet  support 
which  was  afforded  him  from  above.  Wednesday 
evening,  about  seven  o'clock,  the  happy  moment  ar- 
rived when  his  redeemed  soul  left  its  mortal  taber- 
nacle. His  departing  spirit  was  commended  into  the 
hands  of  Jesus.  He  gently  laid  his  head  back  on  his 
pillow,  closed  his  eyes  as  if  in  sleep,  and  expired  so 
serenely  that  it  could  scarcely  be  perceived  when  his 
breath  had  ceased. 

"  Our  departed  brother  reached  the  age  of  thirty-six 
years,  four  months,  and  twenty-two  days. 

"Steinhauer!  in  thee  the  Lord  did  sweetly  join 
The  friend,  the  brother,  Christian  and  divine : 
By  him  supported,  thou  thy  race  hast  run  j 
Thy  battle's  fought,  and  crown  of  glory  won. 

"Escaped  from  earth,  thou'st  gained  the  happy  plain 
Where  tempting  is  no  more,  nor  racking  pain: 
There  Jesus  views  his  flock  with  sweet  delight ; 
He  looks  benign,  and  owns  them  as  his  purchased  right. 

"  Beloved  friend,  and  brother  ever  dear, 
Thy  memory  from  our  eyes  extorts  the  tear; 
Oh,  may  we  meet  in  realms  of  bliss  above 
With  Christ,  to  celebrate  redeeming  love !" 


200  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Brother  Charles  F.  Seidel,  one  of  the  pastors  of 
the  congregation  at  Bethlehem,  was  selected  to  fill 
the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  the  late  Principal, 
until  the  appointment  of  a  successor.  During  this 
temporary  administration  of  six  months,  the  tide  of 
success  reached  a  height  which  it  never  again  attained 
until  within  late  years,  the  number  of  pupils  at  one 
time  being  one  hundred  and  forty.  It  was  near  the 
close  of  the  year  1818  that  needle-work  in  crape  and 
ribbon  was  first  introduced.  Under  the  able  instruc- 
tion of  Sister  Polly  Blum,  this  branch  was  pursued 
by  successive  pupils  for  upwards  of  twenty  years. 
Specimens  of  the  art  had  been  brought  from  Germany 
by  visitors  at  the  recent  Church  Synod  at  Herrnhut, 
and  the  admiration  they  everywhere  elicited  induced 
the  Principal  to  have  several  of  his  tutoresses  at  once 
instructed  in  the  method,  for  the  benefit  of  the  pupils 
under  his  care. 

Forty-four  pupils  entered  during  this  interval. 

In  January,  1819,  Brother  John  F.  Frueauff  com- 
menced his  duties  as  Principal.  As  will  be  remem- 
bered, a  season  of  pecuniary  distress  and  difficulty 
had  just  set  in  throughout  the  land,  the  effect  of  a 
revulsion  consequent  on  the  extravagant  speculations 
indulged  in  on  the  declaration  of  peace  in  1815.  With 
sudden  reduction  of  prices  came  losses  and  failures. 
Money  was  scarce,  and  even  the  rich  were  compelled 
to  limit  their  expenditures.  Not  only  the  Moravian 
schools,  but  others  also,  suffered  from  a  pressure  which 


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BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  203 

Thirty-seven  years  had  now  elapsed  since  the 
first  boarder  was  received  into  the  Seminary.  We 
have  endeavored  to  trace  the  progress  of  this  first 
enterprise  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  from  its  humble 
beginning,  until  we  saw  it  become  an  instrument  of 
greatly-extended  good  under  the  blessing  of  God, 
shedding  the  influences  of  its  system  of  discipline  and 
training  over  many  households  throughout  the  land, 
and  sanctifying  their  firesides  too  with  the  lessons  of 
religion  which  it  strove  to  inculcate. 

In  a  retrospect  of  this  period,  which  is  marked  in 
the  history  of  the  country  at  large  by  important 
changes  in  its  social  as  well  as  political  condition,  we 
may  also  expect  to  find  the  Brethren  and  their  institu- 
tions afiected  by  the  prevailing  spirit  of  the  age.  By 
degrees  the  relative  position  of  many  of  the  Moravian 
settlements  was  materially  changed.  They  were  now 
no  longer  isolated,  being  surrounded  by  rising  villages 
and  growing  towns.  Increasing  facilities  of  communi- 
cation brought  them  into  nearer  and  more  frequent 
intercourse  with  places  of  business  and  worldly  enter- 
prise ;  and  this  circumstance,  again,  had  a  reactive 
influence  upon  the  Church  and  its  institutions,  and  to 
some  extent  caused  the  abandonment  of  former  strict 
exclusiveness,  together  with  a  change  of  various  pecu- 
liar regulations  and  usages. 

The  Synod  of  1818,  aware  of  the  increasing  diffi- 
culties attendant  on  the  maintenance  of  long-cherished 
customs  and   peculiarities  in  the  American  congrega- 


204  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

tions,  sanctioned  the  adoption  of  measures  Avhich,  in 
our  day,  have  led  to  the  abolition  of  so-called  "  Mora- 
vian tozvns." 

Bethlehem  was  peculiarly  interested  in  these  pros- 
pective changes.  Its  situation  favored  their  intro- 
duction, and  more  especially  at  the  close  of  the  period 
of  which  we  are  treating,  seeing  that  it  had  lost,  in  a 
great  measure,  its  original  stamp  of  character.  The 
relics  of  the  early  system  of  religious  communism  had 
been  abolished,  individual  interest  had  sprung  into 
existence,  simplicity  of  manners  and  dress  was  ex- 
changed for  conformity  with  the  ways  and  fashions  of 
the  world,  and  many  pleasing  customs,  social  and  reli- 
gious, had  fallen  into  disuse.  And  such,  too,  was  the 
case  in  the  Seminary,  whose  institutions  had  received 
the  uniqueness  of  their  primitive  coloring  from  the 
community  in  which  it  had  been  established  and 
grown  up.  New  tastes  prevailed,  and  new  amuse- 
ments were  sought.  The  English  cap  was  no  longer 
worn ;  the  mode  of  familiarly  addressing  the  tutor- 
esses as  "Sisters"  was  gradually  discontinued;  the 
"  Sisters'  House,"  with  its  unassuming  and  industrious 
Moravian  females,  was  less  frequented :  in  a  word,  "  the 
age  of  Doric  simplicity"  of  which  the  surviving  partici- 
pants speak  with  such  fondness  had  accomplished  its 
day, — destined  to  flourish  with  unfading  beauty  only 
in  the  memory  and  affection  of  its  cotemporaries. 

But,  while  the  spirit  of  change  was  thus  transform- 
ing the  "  good  old  times,"  the  compensating  hand  of 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  205 

improvement  had  not  been  idle.  The  increase  of  in- 
stitutions of  learning  in  the  country,  a  call  for  in- 
struction in  the  newer  departments  of  knowledge, 
the  rapid  advances  in  science  and  the  arts,  stimulated 
the  Brethren  to  renewed  exertions  in  the  work  of  edu- 
cation in  which  they  had  engaged.  The  school  at 
Bethlehem  now  had  an  established  reputation ;  and,  in 
order  to  maintain  it,  every  effort  was  made  to  furnish 
the  Institution  with  the  most  recent  and  desirable 
appurtenances  of  schools.  The  fields  of  instruction 
were  enlarged,  and  such  other  improvements  made  as 
to  enable  it  to  compete  favorably  with  other  schools, 
without,  however,  sacrificing  fundamental  and  charac- 
teristic educational  principles,  the  intrinsic  worth  of 
which  had  been  well  tested  by  the  experience  of 
years. 

With  the  accession  of  Brother  Charles  F.  Seidel  to 
the  ofl&ce  of  Principal,  in  August,  1822,  his  second 
appointment  to  it,  a  new  era  opened  in  the  history  of 
the  Seminary.  Fortunate  in  the  possession  of  traits 
of  character  and  qualities  of  mind  admirably  fitting 
him  for  the  post  he  was  destined  to  fill  for  fourteen 
years,  he  at  once  inspired  the  patrons  of  the  Institu- 
tion with  confidence  in  his  abilities,  while  he  won  the 
esteem  and  afi*ection  of  the  pupils  intrusted  to  his 
care.  The  services  of  his  efficient  partner,  too,  whose 
tender  solicitude  for  her  youthful  charge  during  health 
and  sickness  is  held  by  them  in  grateful  remembrance, 
and  contributed  not  a  little  to  the  energy  with  which 


206  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

the  Institution  was  conducted  during  this  long  and 
suQcessful  administration. 

The  active  spirit  of  the  new  Principal  was  soon  en- 
gaged in  improving  both  the  internal  arrangements 
and  the  external  condition  of  the  school.  He  urged 
the  necessity  of  refitting  the  buildings  and  beautifying 
the  premises,  as  measures  which  the  position  held  by 
the  Institution  in  the  eyes  of  the  public  imperatively 
demanded.  The  pleasure-grounds  were  laid  out  anew, 
and  adorned  with  fountains  and  summer-houses.  The 
yard  was  planted  with  the  row  of  acacias  which  still 
remain  and  form  a  shady  avenue  to  the  gardens 
below.  The  spring  on  the  south  bank  of  the  Lehigh, 
a  favorite  resort  of  the  pupils  on  a  warm  summer's 
afternoon  or  during  early  evening  hours,  was  rendered 
accessible  by  a  foot-path,  long  known  as  "  Seidel's 
Way." 

In  the  fall  of  1825,  Brother  Seidel  suggested  the 
propriety  of  procuring  a  more  desirable  residence  for 
the  Principal,  as  the  one  then  occupied,  by  reason  of 
its  remoteness  from  the  Seminary,  rendered  a  faithful 
surveillance  on  his  part  rather  inconvenient.  Accord- 
ingly, the  building  almost  opposite  the  west  wing  of 
the  school  was  purchased,  and,  having  been  converted 
into  a  suitable  dwelhng,^  the  Principal  moved  into  it 
in  the  summer  of  1826.  In  1835,  this  abode  was 
exchanged  for  another  immediately  on  the  east  of  the 


^  At  present  the  property  of  C  A.  Luckenbacli. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  207 

Seminary,  which  had  been  previously  occupied  by  the 
steward.  Its  situation  was  more  convenient  than 
that  of  the  former,  and  from  an  ill-conditioned  house 
it  was  changed  into  a  delightful  residence.  The  parlor 
for  the  reception  of  visiting  friends  and  company  was 
adorned  on  its  east  wall  by  a  painting  in  oil,  by 
Grunewald,  representing  a  scene  at  the  Delaware 
Water-Gap, — the  first  of  several  similar  productions 
which  this  artist  was  engaged  to  execute  by  succes- 
sive Principals  for  the  Institution. 

The  increasing  difficulty  of  procuring  a  sufficiency 
of  competent  tutoresses  in  the  circle  of  the  Moravian 
community  compelled  Brother  Seidel  at  several  differ- 
ent times  to  engage  the  services  of  ladies  of  other 
religious  persuasions. 

Music  and  ornamental  needle-work  were  engaged  in 
by  a  larger  number  of  the  pupils  than  at  any  previous 
time.  Painting  on  velvet  and  making  flowers  in  wax 
were  branches  now  first  introduced.  A  lover  of  music 
both  vocal  and  instrumental,  and  himself  no  mean  per- 
former, Brother  Seidel  succeeded  not  only  in  diffusing 
a  taste  for  these  acquirements,  but  in  having  them 
cultivated  with  marked  success.  The  many  brilliant 
performances  in  this  favorite  department  of  female 
accomplishments  by  the  pupils  of  this  time,  at  the 
annual  close  of  schools,  and'  also  in  connection  with 
the  Christmas  festivities,  gave  evidence  of  the  atten- 
tion and  careful  instruction  they  received.  The  assist- 
ance of  male  voices  from  the  church  choir  of  the  con- 


208  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

gregation  was  likewise  called  in  on  such  occasions,  and 
thus  choruses  and  selections  from  great  masters  were 
given  with  an  effect  at  once  novel  and  unusual.  Mu- 
sical soirees  and  select  entertainments  of  dialogue  and 
recitation  were  introduced  and  became  favorite  winter- 
evening  amusements.  Compositions  such  as  "  Rural 
Life,"  "  The  Shepherdess,"  and  other  standards  of  an 
earlier  day  were  introduced  in  their  simplicity  of  dic- 
tion and  dramatic  cast,  to  the  delight  of  both  perform- 
ers and  audience.  It  seemed  as  though  the  Principal 
had  imbued  the  Institution  over  which  he  presided 
with  the  geniality  of  his  own  refined  tastes,  and  with 
his  love  for  the  beautiful  and  pleasing  in  nature  and 
art. 

In  the  autumn  of  1826,  an  elaborate  piece  of 
embroidery  in  ribbon  and  silk  was  worked  by  the 
pupils  under  the  direction  of  Sister  Blum,  at  the 
suggestion  of  Brother  Seidel,  for  presentation  to  the 
wife  of  President  Adams.  This  tribute  of  regard  for 
the  chief-magistrate  of  the  land  on  the  part  of  the 
inmates  of  the  school  gave  rise  to  the  following 
correspondence : — 

"  Bethlehem,  September  23,  1826. 
"To  HIS  Excellency  John  Quincy  Adams, 

President  of  the  United  States. 
"Your  Excellency  will  have  the  goodness  to  excuse 
the  liberty  which  the  undersigned.  Principal  of  the 
long-established    Seminary   for    female    education   at 


BETHLEHEM  SOUVENIR.  209 

Bethlehem,  Pa.,  presumes    to   take   in   addressing  to 
you  these  lines. 

"  The  pupils  of  our  Institution,  wishing  to  demon- 
strate their  profound  respect  for  Mrs.  Adams,  have 
prepared  a  specimen  of  ornamental  needle-work,  which 
they  have  requested  me  to  present  in  their  name  to 
your  honored  lady.  Confident  that  Mrs.  Adams  will 
accept  of  this  trifling  token  of  respect,  the  members 
of  the  youthful  community  under  my  charge  would 
offer  it  in  childlike  simplicity  of  purpose.  I  would 
request  that  you  be  pleased  to  point  out  an  address 
according  to  which  it  can  be  forwarded  to  her  con- 
veniently and  in  safety. 

"  Permit  me  to  subscribe  myself,  with  the  assurance 
of  the  most  perfect  respect, 

"Your  Excellency's  most  obedient  servant, 

"Charles  F.  Seidel." 

To  which  Mrs.  Adams  replied: — 

"  Washington,  November  7,  1826. 
"To  THE  Young  Ladies  of  Bethlehem  Seminary. 
"  The  extreme  ill  health  under  which  I  have  labored 
ever  since  my  return  to  Washington  has  prevented 
the  earlier  acknowledgment  of  the  receipt  of  the 
elegant  specimen  of  workmanship  so  beautifully  exe- 
cuted by  the  pupils  of  the  Bethlehem  Seminary  and 
presented  to  me  in  so  very  flattering  a  manner. 

"  The  great  interest  I  must  ever  take  in  the  exer- 
tions of  my  sex  to  attain  to  excellence  and  perfection 

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210  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

in  the  cultivation  of  their  minds  and  in  the  acquire- 
ment of  useful  and  elegant  accomplishments  may 
perhaps  entitle  me  to  express  my  admiration  of  the 
work  with  which  you  have  honored  me,  in  which  the 
purest  taste  and  neatest  execution  are  conspicuous, 
and  return  my  grateful  thanks  for  the  honor  thus 
conferred  on  me  by  the  distinction  so  bestowed, — 
a  sense  of  which  is  deeply  impressed  on  my  heart. 

"With  assurances  of  the  highest  respect,  permit 
me  to  offer  to  the  young  ladies  of  the  Bethlehem 
Seminary  the  best  wishes  for  their  happiness  and 
prosperity. 

"Louisa  Catherine  Adams." 

On  Christmas  eve  of  1835,  the  large  painting  of 
"The  Shepherds  on  the  Plains  of  Bethlehem,"  by 
Grunewald,  was  for  the  first  time  exhibited  in  con- 
nection with  the  customary  festivities  of  the  season. 
Of  the  beauties  of  this  production  it  is  needless  to 
speak.  Its  gorgeous  landscape,  rich  with  the  glow 
of  Oriental  scenery,  its  reality  of  representation,  its 
pleasing  diversity  of  light  and  shade,  tell  of  the 
painter's  skill  in  the  use  of  the  magic  pencil.  As  a 
w^ork  of  art,  it  is  admirable;  as  an  appropriate  com- 
panion of  the  occasion  whose  theme  it  is  intended  to 
illustrate,  its  image  is  hallowed  in  the  remembrance 
of  hundreds  of  pupils  who  have  successively  greeted 
its  presence  on  the  joyful  anniversary  of  Christmas 
eve. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  211 

While  Brother  Seidel  was  thus  beautifying  the  path 
of  knowledge  for  his  pupils  with  the  choicest  flowers 
of  art,  exciting  them  to  emulation  in  the  more  useful 
branches  of  learning,  he  was  not  unmindful  of  a  higher 
duty  which  his  position  called  on  him  to  discharge. 
This  was  the  direction  of  the  hearts  of  his  youthful 
household  to  the  enduring  excellencies  of  religion. 
His  former  pupils,  in  a  review  of  the  years  spent 
under  his  ministry  at  school,  whether  on  the  Lord's 
day  when  met  together  at  the  usual  morning  hour  of 
service  in  their  unassuming  little  chapel,  or  in  the 
quiet  family  gatherings  at  the  close  of  the  day, — a 
season  of  spiritual  refreshment  blessed  to  many  a 
soul, — or  joining  in  the  concluding  festivities  of  the 
celebration  of  the  17th  of  August,  when  in  the  serene 
and  tranquil  hours  of  approaching  night  they  assembled 
in  their  secluded  grounds  to  blend  their  voices  with 
the  solemn  tones  of  sacred  music,  in  anthems  of 
gratitude  and  praise, — when  calling  to  mind  these 
and  similar  opportunities,  in  many  instances  refer  to 
them  for  the  dawn  of  an  inner  life  which  mature  years 
and  Christian  experience  have  since  developed  into  a 
fast-anchored  hope  of  glory. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  enlarge  on  the  variety  of  out- 
door recreations  which  Brother  Seidel's  inventive  turn 
of  mind  sought  out  and  planned  for  the  diversion  of 
his  pupils, — the  healthy  walks  in  the  beautiful  vicinity, 
the  tea-parties  at  the  "  Spring"  and  on  the  "  Island," 
the  occasional  excursions  in  carriages  to  places  of  in- 


212  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

terest  in  the  neighborhood,  and  many  others  which 
were  participated  in  with  the  love  for  incident  common 
to  the  young,  which  renders  the  impression  of  the 
most  trifling  occuiTence  that  has  pleased  indelible  for 
Hfe. 

A  well-remembered  walk  on  the  ice  in  the  winter 
of  1834,  when  the  intense  cold  froze  the  Lehigh  so  as 
to  render  it  passable  for  heavily-laden  teams,  was  a 
novel  and  exciting  adventure  for  the  young  ladies. 
Where  in  the  warm  summer  days  they  were  accus- 
tomed to  row  in  the  cooling  stream  under  the  over- 
hanging trees  along  the  hly-skirted  border  of  their 
favorite  island,  dressed  in  the  habiliments  fitting  the 
rural  picnic,  in  modest  sun-bonnet  or  gracefully- 
waving  flat,  they  walked  on  the  glassy  thoroughfare 
wrapped  close  in  gay-colored  shawls  and  hoods  and 
furs,  well  prepared  to  brave  the  piercing  wind  as  it 
swept  down  the  mountain-side  over  the  smooth  ex- 
panse below. 

But  from  scenes  like  these  we  pass  to  others  of 
more  sombre  coloring.  The  hand  of  death  lay  heavy 
on  the  Institution  during  these  years  of  innocent 
gayety,  darkening  its  threshold  and  that  of  the  home 
of  the  Principal  with  the  clouds  of  sorrow  and  gloom. 
On  the  17th  of  February,  1834,  Brother  Seidel  was 
called  to  mourn  the  early  loss  of  his  daughter  Hen- 
rietta, who  was  entering  her  twelfth  year ;  and  on  the 
5th  of  September,  Miss  Margaret  Henderson,  a  young 
lady  from  New  York,  of  seventeen  summers,  was  re- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  213 

moved  by  death  from  the  circle  of  her  youthful  asso- 
ciates, by  whom  she  had  been  universally  beloved. 

The  year  1828  is  also  memorable  for  its  afflicting 
dispensations  of  Providence.  It  was  peculiarly  a  year 
of  trial  and  anxiety  for  the  Principal  and  his  wife, 
when  sickness  entered  the  precincts  of  the  school  and 
death  a  second  time  laid  low  two  of  their  charge. 
With  the  opening  of  the  warm  season  a  fever^  of  ma- 
lignant type  made  its  appearance,  and  a  number  of  the 
pupils  in  the  Seminary  were  sufferers  in  common  with 
the  inhabitants  of  the  village. 

On  the  21st  of  July,  Miss  Sarah  V.  Oppie,  of 
Kingston,  New  Jersey,  fell  a  victim  to  the  prevailing 
malady  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  her  age,  and  on  the 
12th  of  August,  Miss  Janette  Taylor,  of  New  York, 
died  in  the  tenth  year  of  her  age.  The  Principal 
was  at  this  time  absent, — which  heightened  the  con- 
sternation that  seized  on  the  inmates  of  the  house  and 
spread  a  panic  through  the  town.  The  physicians 
declared  themselves  ignorant  of  the  nature  of  the  dis- 
ease and  the  method  of  its  treatment.  There  were 
those  even  who  urged  the  speedy  removal  of  the 
scholars  from  Bethlehem   until  the  epidemic  should 

^  It  is  presumed  that  the  epidemic  of  1828,  in  Bethlehem,  was 
the  effect  of  malaria  originating  from  the  decomposition  of  newly- 
broken  ground  excavated  in  digging  the  Lehigh  Canal,  which  at 
this  time  was  in  progress  of  construction.  Other  sections  of  the 
State,  in  which  similar  works  were  in  progress,  suffered  in  like 
manner, — a  fact  which  would  seem  to  confirm  the  correctness  of  the 
supposition. 


214  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

have  run  its  course.  It  was  a  severe  blow,  which  fell 
heavily  on  the  Principal,  when,  on  his  return,  he 
learned  the  affliction  with  which  Providence  had  been 
pleased  to  Aisit  his  household,  and  witnessed  the 
despondency  in  the  little  circle  which  a  short  time  ago 
he  had  left  in  the  enjoyment  of  health  and  happiness. 
With  Christian  fortitude  he  bore  up  under  these  dis- 
pensations of  Providence,  than  which  none  more  pain- 
ful can  befall  the  incumbent  of  such  an  office,  though  it 
required  a  trial  of  his  faith  to  enable  him  to  comfort 
the  mourning  and  encourage  the  fearful  by  pointing 
them  to  the  goodness  and  wisdom  of  the  divine  Dis- 
poser of  events,  in  whose  hands  alone  are  the  issues 
of  life  and  death. 

With  the  approach  of  cool  weather  the  infection  was 
stayed  and  the  health  of  the  village  and  school  re- 
stored. The  consequences  of  the  late  calamitous  sea- 
son were  now  seriously  felt  to  the  detriment  of  the 
school.  Bethlehem  was  for  a  time  reputed  to  be  an 
unhealthy  place,  and  anxious  parents  removed  their 
daughters.  The  number  of  pupils  diminished;  and 
years  elapsed  before  the  confidence  of  the  public  mind, 
which  had  thus  been  shaken,  was  fully  restored  and 
new  times  of  prosperity  succeeded. 

The  fifth  and  last  death  in  this  term  was  that  of 
Miss  Martha  Elizabeth  Duncan,  of  Philadelphia,  on 
the  31st  of  August,  1832,  aged  fifteen  years.  The 
remains  of  the  five  young  ladies  are  interred  in  the 
Moravian  burial-ground  of  this  place. 


BETHLEHEM  SOUVENIR.  215 

We  thus  conclude  our  review  of  this  the  eleventh 
administration,  which  is  generally  conceded  to  have 
been  the  most  eventful  in  the  history  of  the  Seminary, — 
embracing  as  it  did  a  longer  period  of  time  than  any 
one  previous  or  following, — a  period  of  decided  im- 
provement in  its  general  condition,  of  refined  taste  and 
brilliant  display  in  the  acquirement  and  practice  of  the 
accomplishments  which  are  universally  deemed  desi- 
rable features  of  a  liberal  female  education,  character- 
ized by  numerous  pleasing  incidents  in  the  "  home- 
life"  of  the  pupils,  and  memorable  for  the  mournful 
bereavements  which  their  family  circle  so  often 
sustained. 

Six  hundred  and  forty-two  pupils  were  admitted 
into  the  Seminary  since  1822. 

In  March,  1836,  Brother  Seidel,  then  on  the  eve  of 
attending  the  General  Synod  of  his  Church,  in  Ger- 
many, withdrew  from  his  connection  with  the  school. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  variously  engaged  in  a 
ministerial  capacity  at  Bethlehem.  In  1855  he  retired 
from  the  active  service  of  the  Church.  He  and  his 
aged  partner,  now  stricken  with  the  growing  infirmi- 
ties of  years,  are  both  still  living  at  Bethlehem.' 
Brother  Seidel  has  passed  his  seventy-eighth  year, 
and  is  yet  in  the  enjoyment  of  good  health,  retaining 
in  a  large  measure  his  characteristic  elasticity  of  mind. 
In  the  home  of  his  retirement  he  is  frequently  visited 

'  As  this  is  going  through  the  press,  Mrs.  Seidel  has  departed 
this  life  October  25,  1857. 


216  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

by  his  former  pupils,  where  they  are  greeted  by  the 
venerable  gentleman  with  that  warmth  of  heart  and 
urbanity  of  manner  which  secured  for  him  in  the  days 
of  his  activity  the  admiration  and  esteem  of  a  large 
circle  of  friends. 

Brother  John  G.  Kummer,  his  successor,  entered  on 
the  duties  of  his  appointment  in  March,  1836,  and 
with  his  energetic  wife  faithfully  conducted  the  con- 
cerns of  the  Institution  for  upwards  of  seven  years. 
The  j&nancial  crisis  in  the  country  about  this  time 
reacted  unfavorably  on  the  condition  of  the  Seminary ; 
and  it  needed  a  prudent  and  patient  administration  of 
affairs,  such  as  was  exercised  by  those  at  its  head,  to 
retain  for  it  an  average  share  of  prosperity. 

The  system  of  instruction  hitherto  pursued  was 
varied  in  some  of  its  features.  The  introduction  of 
a  drawing-master,  Mr.  Gustavus  Grunewald,  was  an 
epoch  in  the  prosecution  of  the  art  of  drawing  and 
painting  on  the  part  of  the  pupils ;  and  the  specimens 
of  their  skill  shown  at  the  annual  exhibitions  during 
the  last  sixteen  years  have,  by  their  decided  excel- 
lence, demonstrated  the  measure  to  have  been  most 
advantageous.  A  series  of  lectures  on  Natural  Philo- 
sophy, illustrated  by  apparatus  specially  procured, 
were  delivered  in  the  winter  evenings  of  1838,  by 
Brother  Ernest  F.  Block,  of  this  place.  Mrs.  Kum- 
mer,  who  had  been  a  tutoress  in  the  Institution  from 
1817  to  1820,  added  to  the  other  duties  of  her  station 
those  of  an  instructress,  for  which  she  had  approved 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  217 

herself  eminently  qualified.  Several  of  the  classes  of 
older  pupils  were  entirely  under  her  teaching. 

On  the  21st  of  May,  1836,  fifty  years  having 
elapsed  since  Miss  Elizabeth  Bedell,  of  Staten  Island, 
the  first  boarder,  was  admitted,  the  day  was  appro- 
priately noticed,  and  a  sketch  of  the  history  of  the 
school  communicated  to  the  pupils  by  the  Principal. 

The  custom  of  making  excursions  in  summer  to 
places  of  interest  in  the  neighborhood  now  became 
established.  Mauch  Chunk,  and  the  Delaware  and 
Lehigh  Water-Gaps,  were  of  the  number  usually 
visited  by  those  of  the  pupils  who  were  denied  the 
pleasure  of  going  home  and  who  needed  some  diver- 
sion to  vary  the  loneliness  of  "holidays"  at  school. 
The  winter  sleigh  rides  to  Nazareth  and  Easton  will 
also  be  remembered. 

Among  the  memorable  incidents  and  scenes  in  the 
village  in  which  the  pupils  of  the  Seminary  partici- 
pated, or  which  they  witnessed,  were  the  celebration 
of  the  centennial  jubilee  of  the  Bethlehem  congregation 
on  the  25th  and  26th  days  of  June,  1842,  and  the 
devastating  freshets  in  the  Lehigh  during  the  winter 
thaws  of  1839  and  1841. 

Three  hundred  and  seventy-five  pupils  were  ad- 
mitted in  this  term,  of  which  number  two  were  re- 
moved by  death, — Miss  Frances  Maria  Stanton,  of 
Catskill,  N.Y.,  on  the  18th  of  May,  1839,  and  Miss 
Catherine  Everly,  of  Philadelphia,  on  the  29th  of 
March,  1840. 


218  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

On  the  lOth  of  November,  1842,  Sister  Kummer 
was  unexpectedly  called  from  the  midst  of  her 
activity  to  a  better  world.  Her  untiring  faithfulness 
in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  which  were  assigned 
her  will  not  soon  be  forgotten. 

In  October  of  1843,  Brother  Kummer  closed  his 
labors  in  the  Seminary,  pursuant  to  a  call  to  take 
charge  of  the  secular  affairs  of  the  Moravian  congre- 
gation at  Litiz,  Lancaster  county.  Pa.,  at  which  place 
he  died  in  August,  1846. 

Brother  John  G.  Herman,  pastor  at  Bethlehem,  and 
widely  known  as  the  popular  Inspector  of  Nazareth 
Hall  from  1829  to  1837,  now  took  temporary  charge 
of  the  Seminary  till  June,  1844.  Twenty-one  pupils 
were  received  by  him. 

In  the  same  year  he  was  appointed  to  the  Mission 
Department  of  the  Unity's  Board  at  Herrnhut,  and, 
while  a  member  of  that  body,  made  a  visitation  to  the 
several  mission-stations  of  the  Church  in  the  West 
India  Islands. 

In  1849  he  returned  to  America,  and,  as  Bishop  and 
President  of  the  Southern  Provincial  Elders'  Con- 
ference, resumed  his  ministerial  labors  at  Salem,  N.C. 
In  July  of  1854,  while  on  his  return  from  an  official 
visit  to  the  Cherokee  Mission,  he  was  overtaken  by 
death  in  the  State  of  Missouri,  eleven  hundred  miles 
from  the  bosom  of  his  family  and  home.  On  the  9th 
of  May  of  the  ensuing  year,  his  remains,  which  had 
reached  Salem,  were  committed  to  their  final  resting- 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  219 

place,  amid  the  solemn  funeral  services  of  his  beloved 
Church. 

Brother  Henry  A.  Shultz,  the  fourteenth  Principal 
of  the  Seminary,  entered  on  the  duties  of  his  office  in 
June,  1844.  He  found  the  Institution  much  reduced 
in  numbers,  there  being  only  forty-five  boarders,  in 
charge  of  six  tutoresses.  Both  himself  and  partner, 
whose  motherly  care  of  her  pupils  is  not  forgotten  by 
them,  were  strenuous  in  their  exertions  to  revive  the 
prosperity  of  the  school  and  to  promote  the  interests 
of  its  inmates.  Nor  were  their  labors  unsuccessful, 
although  the  opening  of  their  administration  was 
marked  by  much  affliction.  Scarcely  a  week  after 
their  entrance.  Providence  summoned  them  to  the 
death-bed  of  Miss  Martha  Shoemaker,  a  young  lady 
from  Wyoming,  Pa.  She  died  on  the  25th  of  June. 
The  reapers  were  just  leaving  the  fields  in  which  they 
had  bound  the  last  sheaves  for  the  garner,  when  the 
solemn  notes  of  the  trombones^  proclaimed  the  death 
of  a  maiden;  and  it  strikes  us  there  was  a  mournful 
harmony  between  those  funeral  tones  and  the  harvest- 
scene  in  the  calm  of  that  summer's  evening.  The 
remains  of  the  deceased  were  conveyed  to  the  home 
of  her  friends  for  interment. 

'  The  custom  observed  in  Moravian  settlements  of  announcing 
the  death  of  a  member  by  a  quartette  of  trombones  from  the  steeple 
of  the  church  is  well  known.  The  sex,  age,  and  condition  of  life 
of  the  deceased  may  be  known  from  the  tunes  performed,  these 
being  the  accompaniments  to  appropriate  hymns  from  the  collection 
used  in  the  Church  services  for  the  departed. 


220  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

In  order  to  remedy  the  growing  difficulty  of  pro- 
viding the  Seminary  with  Moravian  tutoresses,  Bro- 
ther Shultz  formed  a  select  class,  consisting  chiefly  of 
Moravian  pupils,  to  whom  additional  advantages  were 
aiforded  for  their  further  improvement.  These  were 
put  in  charge  of  an  exjDorienced  instructress,  and  were 
thus  fitted  for  entering  on  the  duties  which  they  were 
expected  to  discharge  at  a  future  day.  Although  the 
advantages  of  this  measure  were  not  enjoyed  by  the 
Principal  himself,  it  was  gratifying  to  him  to  see  the 
fruits  of  his  endeavors  matured  for  the  benefit  of  those 
who  succeeded  him  in  office. 

A  valuable  accession  to  the  department  of  Drawing 
in  the  Seminary  was  the  purchase  of  a  number  of 
patterns  in  oil  and  crayon  by  Grunewald,  in  them- 
selves a  little  gallery  of  artistic  gems. 

Painting  in  oil  was  now  first  taught,  and  many  a 
parlor  in  the  homestead  of  the  Southern  planter  and 
in  the  mansion  of  the  Northern  merchant  is  adorned 
with  the  specimens  of  this  charming  art  which  were  on 
exhibition  at  the  annual  close  of  schools  during  this 
administration. 

Music  also  received  a  due  share  of  attention.  The 
services  of  Brother  William  Th:  Roepper  were  engaged 
for  the  benefit  of  such  pupils  as  manifested  decided 
talent.  Gymnastic  fixtures  w^ere  erected  in  the 
pleasure-grounds,  for  the  promotion  of  physical  health 
and  vigor ;  not  less  valuable  for  the  purpose  of  exer- 
cise was  the  row-boat  Zinzendorf,  and  at  a  later  day 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  221 

the  Fairy  and  the  Mayflower,  which  afforded  them 
opportunities,  under  careful  attendance,  of  engaging  in 
healthful  recreation. 

Two  hundred  and  fifteen  pupils  entered  during 
Brother  Shultz's  superintendence  of  the  Seminary, 

Of  two  who  were  removed  by  death,  one  has  already 
been  mentioned.  The  second  was  Miss  Sophia  Lock- 
wood,  of  New  York,  who  died  in  January,  1845.  Her 
remains  were  taken  home  by  her  friends. 

In  October  of  1847,  Brother  Shultz  was  appointed 
pastor  of  the  Bethlehem  congregation.  In  1849,  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Elders'  Con- 
ference of  the  Northern  Province.  While  in  this 
board,  death  removed  from  his  side  the  excellent 
helpmate  of  his  labors  in  the  Seminary,  in  December 
of  1849.  Having  successively  served  the  Moravian 
congregations  of  Litiz  and  Lancaster,  Pa.,  in  his  minis- 
terial capacity,  he  was  recalled  to  Bethlehem  in  1855, 
where  he  is  at  present  senior  pastor,  conducting  the 
German  services  of  that  congregation. 

Brother  Herman  J.  Titze  was  Brother  Shultz's  suc- 
cessor. He  entered  the  Seminary  as  its  Principal  in 
October,  1847.  During  his  short  Inspectorship  this 
brother  labored  to  uphold  for  the  Institution  its  cha- 
racter for  thoroughness  and  solidity  in  instruction, 
while  he  practised  a  prudent  economy  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  its  affairs. 

He  pursued  his  predecessor's  plan  of  training  future 
teachers,  and  engaged  personally  in  the  instruction  of 


222  BETHLEHEM  SOUVENIR. 

those  who  had  been  selected  therefor.  The  interest 
of  a  number  of  the  older  pupils  was  engaged  in  the 
study  of  mathematics;  and  a  small  class  under  the 
instruction  of  the  Principal  became  a  source  of  mutual 
gratification  to  both  tutor  and  scholars,  and  resulted 
in  laudable  progress  in  a  branch  of  science  which  is 
erroneously  deemed  uncongenial  and  too  severe  for 
the  female  mind. 

In  the  summer  of  1848,  a  new  chapel  and  dining- 
hall  were  erected,  a  two-story  wing  of  brick  at  the 
southwest  corner  of  the  main  building.  The  late 
bishop,  William  Henry  Van  Vleck,  dedicated  the 
chapel  for  divine  service  by  prayer,  on  the  first  Sun- 
day of  October  of  the  same  year,  and  the  Principal  on 
that  occasion  preached  the  first  sermon  within  its 
walls  to  the  resident  pupils,  from  Luke  xiv.  22. 

The  new  building  narrowly  escaped  destruction  by 
fire  on  the  7th  of  October  following.  The  accident 
was  owing  to  a  faulty  construction  of  a  heating-flue. 
A  more  distressing  event  was  the  death  of  Miss  Mar- 
tha Shall,  a  young  lady  from  New  Orleans,  who  died 
on  the  20th  of  November  of  the  previous  year.  Her 
remains  were  interred  in  the  Bethlehem  graveyard, 
but  at  a  later  day  were  removed  to  New  Orleans. 

Ninety-five  pupils  were  admitted  during  this  term. 

Since  his  connection  with  the  Seminary,  Brother 
Titze  has  had  charge  of  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
his  Church,  both  at  Bethlehem  and  Nazareth,  and  at 


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BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  225 

Special  attention  has  also  been  paid  to  music,  both 
vocal  and  instrumental.    In  1849,  Miss  Caroline  Brown 
resigned  her  charge  of  the  select  singing-class,  which 
she  had  taught  and  conducted  with  ability  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.    Brother  William  Th:  Roepper  succeeded 
her.     Under  his  instruction  the  Oratorio  of  the  Crea- 
tion was  performed  on  Whit-Monday  of  1852,  in  the 
old  Concert  Hall,  with  the  assistance  of  members  of 
the  Philharmonic    Society.      It  was  a  novel  under- 
taking, and   met  with  unexpected  success.     A  new 
spirit  for  music  was  now  infused  among  the  pupils; 
a  taste  for  the  beauties  of  classical  harmony  gradually 
prevailed,  and  marked  their  performances  on  pubUc 
occasions.    Encouraged  by  this  pleasing  indication,  the 
Principal  conceived  the  idea  of  raising  the  standard  of 
music  in  the  school  to  a  degree  of  excellence  rarely 
attained  in  schools,  and  which  has  earned  for  the  In- 
stitution an  enviable  reputation.    In  1853,  Miss  Hahn. 
(now  Mrs.  Weiss,)  educated  in  the  refined  school  of 
modern  German  art,  was  introduced  in  view  of  effect- 
ing this  desirable  end,  and  entered  on  her  career  of 
instruction.     Under  her  teaching  vocal  music  was  pur- 
sued with  success  and  eflfect.     And  now  foUowed  a 
series  of  exercises  in  chorus  and  solo  which  gratified 
and  delighted  successive  audiences  at  the  late  Christ- 
mas and  midsummer  exhibitions.    The  programmes  of 
the  exhibitions  given  by  the  pupils  of  the  last  six  years 
in  the  church  edifice,  in  the  old  Concert  Hall,  and  in 
their  own  chapel,  include  among  the  exercises  of  those 


226  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

occasions  extracts  from  the  masters  of  scien,tific  music, 
such  as  Beethoven,  Haydn,  Handel,  Spohr,  Mendels- 
sohn Bartholdy,  Neukomm,  and  others.  Among  the 
compositions  performed  were  the  "  Seasons,"  by  Haydn, 
"The  Lay  of  the  Bell,"  "Paradise  and  the  Peri," 
"  The  Lyric  Songs  of  Athalie,"  by  Mendelssohn,  Cho- 
ruses from  the  Oratorios  of  "  The  Messiah,"  by  Han- 
del, "  The  Last  Judgment,"  by  Spohr,  "  Elijah,"  by 
Mendelssohn,  Rossini's  "  Stabat  Mater,"  "  Christmas 
Ode,"  by  Reichert,  "  The  Calm  and  Prosperous  Voy- 
age," by  Beethoven,  Motettes  by  Mendelssohn,  &c. 
The  prestige  of  this  reform  in  musical  taste  and 
musical  instruction  is  ably  sustained  in  its  several 
branches  by  those  to  whom  they  have  been  specially 
intrusted. 

In  consequence  of  the  increasing  number  of  pupils, 
which,  at  the  close  of  the  session  in  1853,  exceeded 
one  hundred  and  fifty,  it  was  found  necessary  to  re- 
move one  class  into  the  dwelling  occupied  by  the 
Principal's  family.  In  1851,  the  day-school  for  girls 
from  the  town  was  disconnected  from  the  Seminary, 
and  thus  more  room  was  obtained.  In  a  short  time 
the  whole  house  was  resigned  to  the  use  of  the  pupils, 
the  Principal  removing  to  a  private  residence  directly 
east.  In  this  condition  of  affairs  the  necessity  of 
enlarging  the  school-building  became  evident.  Brother 
WoUe  had  contemplated  the  erection  of  a  spacious 
wing  at  the  west  end  in  the  previous  year ;  but  the 
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but  still  there  are  mountain,  valley,  stream,  and  wood- 
land, varying  the  lovely  landscape  which  is  spread  out 
as  a  garden  southward  of  the  elevation  on  which  Beth- 
lehem stands.  From  the  terrace  of  the  Seminary- 
building  it  is  seen  as  a  picture,  but  as  one  which  has 
been  designed  and  executed  in  all  its  grace  of  outline 
and  magic  coloring  by  the  Great  Artist  himself.  In 
the  fertile  valley  below  once  lay  the  "Moravian 
farms"  in  part,  the  wealth  of  the  Church  in  her  in- 
fancy, when  agriculture  was  her  stay  and  furnished 
the  means  she  needed  to  spread  the  gospel  among  the 
Indians.  The  old  landmarks  are  wellnigh  gone  : 
orchard,  farm-house,  and  broad  field  are  fast  dis- 
appearing at  the  requirements  of  the  present  age  of 
enterprise  and  progress.  The  growing  town,  the 
furnace,  and  the  railway  have  usurped  the  places 
where  the  sheep  were  of  old  pastured  by  the  shep- 
herd, and  to  which  the  reapers  repaired  for  the  har- 
vest amid  the  sounds  of  festive  music.^ 

^  The  spirit  of  pious  simplicity  which  characterized  the  social  and 
religious  regulations  of  the  early  Brethren,  while  it  astonishes  us  at 
the  present  day,  cannot  fail  to  elicit  admiration  of  their  honesty  of 
purpose  and  determination  to  live  the  lives  of  "every-day"  Christians. 
No  occasion,  however  trifling,  but  was  sanctified  with  the  ceremonies 
of  religion.  The  following,  bearing  on  the  context,  is  but  one  of 
numerous  instances  to  the  point.  The  diary  of  1754,  under  date 
of  July  8,  says,  **Our  musicians  of  the  Church-choir,  performing 
hymn-tunes,  accompanied  the  harvesters  as  far  as  the  river,  on  their 
way  to  cut  the  rye  on  the  new  farm,  which  was  put  under  cultiva- 
tion last  fall,  near  the  Crown.  As  the  weather  was  fine,  all  who 
could  assist  repaired  to  the  fields, — men,  women,  and  children,  alto- 
gether ninety  persons." 


234  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

Leaving  these  scenes  of  pastoral  memory,  and  fol- 
lowing the  gently-undulating  mountain,  well  wooded 
to  the  summit,  except  where  an  occasional  clearing 
reveals  the  labors  of  the  husbandman,  the  cottage 
and  the  villa,  we  come  to  consecrated  ground, — to  a 
little  world  of  her  own,  where  nature  may  well  hold 
court  with  dryad  and  nymph.  Here  the  virgin  queen 
lords  it  over  a  fairy  realm,  and  from  her  sylvan  throne 
overlooks  the  island  embowered  in  trees,  and  the  hill- 
side with  rock  and  thicket  of  evergreen  sheltering  the 
favorite  retreat  below,  and  shading  the  tranquil  cove 
where  the  rower  drops  his  oar  and  allows  his  boat  to 
float  listlessly  with  the  stream,  as  enchanted  he  gazes 
on  the  varied  beauties  which  centre  in  this  secluded 
spot. 

It  were  needless  to  magnify  the  praises  of  the 
island.  Though  unsung  in  verse,  its  image  is  em- 
balmed in  the  memory  of  hundreds,  and  there  em- 
bellished with  the  poetic  recollections  of  youth. 
Year  after  year  it  receives  the  homage  of  admiration 
anew.  The  pupil  who  has  come  on  a  pilgrimage  to 
Bethlehem  repairs  to  it  with  feelings  of  exquisite 
delight.  What  with  its  open  glades,  its  sheltered 
coverts,  and  the  green  lawn,  shaded  by  towering 
trees,  all  hidden  from  the  world,  we  do  not  wonder 
that  its  pleasant  borders  were  early  chosen  as  most 
genial  for  grateful  relaxation  from  the  duties  of  the 
school-room.  Many  a  birthday  was  celebrated  here 
according  to  Moravian   usage,  in  the   times  of  Van 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  235 

Vleck  and  Benade.  With  the  return  of  seasons  it 
has  witnessed  the  gayeties  of  May-day,  holiday,  and 
picnic,  and  all  their  attendant  song  and  mirth,  ming- 
ling with  the  lulling  flow  of  the  water  and  awakening 
echo  from  the  hill  beyond. 

But  there  are  other  haunts,  which  dare  not  be 
overlooked.  The  northern  slope  of  the  mountain 
abounds  in  them.  Here  is  the  "-Old  Man's  Place" 
or  "Hermitage,"  with  its  few  remaining  indications 
of  the  spot  where  stood  the  cabin  of  the  first  settler, 
the  murmur  of  the  brook,  as  it  tumbles  in  its  rocky 
bed  through  brier  and  brake,  alone  disturbing  the 
forest  stillness  around;  the  "spring"  on  the  river's 
bank,  its  shady  precincts  once  faithfully  visited,  but 
now  forsaken  except  by  the  thundering  train  which 
dashes  above  the  little  reservoir  that  collects  the  cool- 
ing fountain  deep  in  the  hill-side  below;  and  the 
romantic  pathway  up  the  mountain  to  "  Oppeltsville," 
winding  through  kalmias  and  rhododendrons,  all  over- 
arched by  the  monarch  of  the  wood.  Where  is  the 
pupil  who  has  forgotten  the  rambles  through  this 
garden  of  nature's  own  planting,  when  she  was  one 
of  the  happy  sisterhood,  bhthe  and  gay  in  the  spring- 
time of  life, — the  search  for  the  pale  blossom  of  the 
liverwort,  half  concealed  in  the  last  year's  withered 
leaves,  when  vernal  gales  and  genial  warmth  sum- 
moned them  to  come  forth  into  the  fields  and  woods 
to  greet  the  beauties  of  the  opening  year, — the  walk 
on  Whit-Monday   in   flowery  May  to   find   the   first 


236  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

azalias  displaying  their  rose-red  corollas,  and  the 
forest  robed  in  livery  of  tender  green, — or  the  pros- 
pect from  the  summit  of  the  mountain,  commanding 
the  fertile  plains  of  Saucon  Valley,  where  the  orchards 
blossom  in  profusion,  and  the  sheaves  of  ripened  grain 
dot  the  landscape  for  many  a  mile,  when  autumn 
hastens  apace  to  tarnish  the  summer's  freshness  with 
her  russet  hues? 

The  friendly  neighbors,  too,  who  were  visited  in 
turn  to  spend  the  Wednesday  or  Saturday  afternoon, 
are  yet  kept  in  kindly  remembrance,  even  if  their 
names  have  been  forgotten  and  they  themselves  have 
passed  away.  There  was  "  Omensetter's,"  two  miles 
across  the  mountain,  "  Fuehrer's,"  on  this  side,  at  the 
old  "Crown"  stand,  "Warner's,"  at  the  ferry,  and 
"Jones's"  and  "Lynn's,"  toward  Freemansburg.  In 
the  early  days  of  the  school  a  call  from  the  "boarders" 
was  here  almost  weekly  looked  for.  Many  of  the 
farm-houses  and  homesteads  yet  stand.  The  former 
pupil  would  without  fail  recognise  their  limestone 
walls,  the  low  porch  shaded  by  the  buttonwood,  the 
row  of  cherries  along  the  fence,  the  pump  in  the  yard, 
and  the  spring-house  in  the  meadow,  where  she 
quenched  her  thirst  with  the  refreshing  draught, 
when,  fatigued  by  the  walk,  she  stepped  in  to  rest 
and  share  the  unassuming  hospitality  of  the  farmer's 
wife. 

Nor  should  we  omit  the  highways  in  the  vicinity, 
even  if  less  inviting,  as  many  a  walk  has  been  taken 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  237 

along  them.  There  is  the  "  Philadelphia  Road,"  on 
which  the  heavily-laden  stage-coach  could  be  met  on 
an  afternoon,  rolling  the  clouds  of  dust  unceremo- 
niously in  the  faces  of  passers-by.  The  "  AUentown 
Road,"  commanding  a  view  of  Bethlehem,  the  "  Naza- 
reth Road,"  the  "Easton  Road,"  the  "Hellertown 
Road,"  are  alike  familiar  in  name  and  associated  with 
incident. 

"  Bartow's  Path,"  which,  with  its  avenue  of  trees,  led 
along  the  bank  of  the  Lehigh  at  the  foot  of  "  Nisky 
Hill,"  is  yet  named  only  to  awaken  recollections  of  all 
that  is  lovely  and  delightful  in  nature.  In  1828,  it 
made  way  for  the  bed  of  the  Lehigh  Canal,  and  now 
no  vestige  of  it  remains. 

The  heights  of  ''Nisky  Hill"  are  still  the  resort 
they  were  three-fourths  of  a  century  ago.  Since  their 
selection,  in  1850,  as  the  site  of  a  rural  cemetery  for 
the  Moravian  Church,  much  labor  has  been  expended 
on  beautifying  the  grounds  and  preparing  them  for 
their  intended  use.  And  yet  nature  has  not  deserted 
her  favorite  retreat;  for  here  she  rears  the  violet  and 
columbine,  the  aster  and  the  golden-rod.  In  profusion 
they  crowd  the  hollows  in  the  hill-side ;  they  cover  the 
moss-grown  bank,  or  spring  up  unlooked-for  in  the 
crevices  of  the  rock.  Hither  the  pupils  frequently 
come.  How  pleasant  to  stray  along  the  winding  paths 
leading  through  covert  and  glen,  or  up  the  open  steep 
which  reveals  the  peaceful  landscape  below!  On  a 
summer's    evening,    how  rich    the  play  of  light   and 


238  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

shade  on  the  mountain  beyond,  its  swelling  outline 
gilded  by  the  rays  of  the  setting  sun,  while  deepening 
shadows  rest  on  its  receding  sides,  darkening  valley 
and  gorge  that  lie  between ! 

It  was  hither  the  venerable  Garrison^  loved  to  come 
and  spend  his  declining  days  in  undisturbed  and 
sacred  meditation.  Here  he  built  himself  an  arbor, 
(the  spot  on  which  it  stood  is  yet  shown,)  where  he 
wrote  an  account  of  his  memorable  life,  the  best  years 
of  which  he  had  spent  in  the  service  of  his  adopted 
Church.  How  different  the  scene  around  him  from 
those  in  which  duty  had  called  him  to  mingle  when 
he  sailed  the  "Irene"  through  the  tropical  seas  of  the 
West  Indies,  up  the  rivers  of  Surinam,  or  along  the 
ice-bound  shores  of  Greenland!  In  remembrance  of 
the  home  of  his  retirement  at  Niesky,  in  Upper 
Lusatia,  where  he  resided  from  1759  to  1762,  the 
weather-beaten  sailor  gave  his  quiet  retreat  on  the 
bank  of  the  Lehigh  the  name  it  bears  to  the  present 
day. 

'  Grarrison  spent  the  last  nineteen  years  of  his  life  at  Bethlehem, 
where  he  died  in  1781,  in  the  eighty-first  year  of  his  age.  He  lies 
in  the  first  row  of  graves  bordering  the  walk  next  to  Market 
Street.  His  autobiography,  in  German,  appeared  in  full  in  several 
of  the  late  numbers  of  the  "Briider  Blatt,"  a  Moravian  publication 
conducted  by  the  Rev.  L.  T.  Reichel,  of  Salem,  North  Carolina. 
Apart  from  the  personal  adventure  with  which  it  abounds,  the  nar- 
rative derives  much  of  its  interest  from  facts  which  expose  the 
spirit  of  religious  enterprise  that  pervaded  the  Church  of  the  Breth- 
ren to  a  degree  almost  incredible  during  the  first  thirty-five  years 
of  its  existence. 


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its  well-graded  streets  are  built  up  closely  with  brick 
houses  of  modern  style.  The  cleanliness  and  order 
which  characterized  it  when  a  village  under  its  origi- 
nal proprietors  have,  through  Moravian  influence,  been 
preserved  to  the  present  day.  What  with  the  beau- 
tiful scenery  in  the  vicinity  and  its  proverbial  health, 
it  continues  to  be  a  favorite  resort  for  numbers  who 
are  desirous  of  spending  the  warm  months  of  summei- 
away  from  the  confinement  of  the  city  without  fore- 
going the  pleasures  and  comforts  of  society  in  the 
retirement  and  solitude  of  the  country. 

Unchanged  by  the  hand  of  time  in  its  beautiful  sim- 
plicity lies  the  Moravian  graveyard  in  the  centre  of 
the  town,  and  yet  away  from  its  noise,  as  is  meet  for 
the  resting-place  of  the  dead.  Here  no  costly  monu- 
ment marks  the  rich  man's  grave  with  invidious  dis- 
play, nor  does  neglect  consign  the  poor  man  to  ob- 
livion.    The  marble  slab,  prostrate  above  the  remains 

Nain,  commenced  in  1757,  a  short  distance  to  the  west  of  Beth- 
lehem. In  April  of  1764,  on  the  removal  of  the  Indians  (rendered 
necessary  because  of  troubles  with  the  whites)  from  Nain  to  3Iach- 
wihilusing,  on  the  Susquehannah,  the  Brethren  at  Bethlehem  and 
elsewhere  purchased  their  cabins  and  removed  them  in  part  hither. 
Of  these  but  three  remain.  The  largest  (now  in  occupancy  of  Mr. 
William  Bush)  is  peculiarly  interesting,  as  having  been  the  chapel 
of  the  Nain  congregation,  consecrated  to  the  worship  of  God  on  the 
18th  of  October,  1757.  The  other  two  are  smaller  and  situated  at 
intervals  lower  down  the  street. 

The  site  of  Nain  is  yet  pointed  out  on  the  "  Geisinger"  farm,  in 
Hanover  township.  Nothing,  however,  is  to  be  seen, — even  the 
thirteen  graves  in  its  burial-ground  having  been  turned  over  year 
after  year  by  the  ploughshare,  and  utterly  obliterated. 

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242  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

of  each,  bears  only  the  impartial  record  of  their  lives. 
The  stranger  deems  these  consecrated  grounds  a  park 
or  garden,  so  neatly  are  they  kept.  Weeds  and  briers 
have  here  no  place ;  but,  instead,  the  greensward  on 
the  mounds  of  the  sleepers  blooms  with  flowers  which 
affection  has  dedicated  to  loved  ones,  not  lost,  but  gone 
before.  Hither  the  pupils  often  come.  In  the  hours 
of  the  long  summer's  evening,  when  the  sunlight  from 
the  western  gates  bathes  the  city  of  the  dead  in  a 
golden  flood,  you  may  see  them  along  the  avenues  of 
tulips  and  acacias,  or  reading  the  epitaphs  of  the 
worthies  of  old,  of  missionary  and  Indian  convert  side 
by  side.^ 

'  The  following  Indian  converts  were  buried  in  the  Bethlehem 
graveyard  between  the  years  1745  and  1761 : — 

Lewis  John,  a  Wampano,  daughter  of  Eachel,  baptized  Sept.  24, 
1744,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Paul  Brizelius,  died  May  1.3,  1745. 

Johji,  a  Mohican,  son  of  Joseph  and  Maria,  baptized  July  13, 
1746,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  July  15,  1746. 

Anna,  a  Wampano,  daughter  of  Zaccheus  and  Magdalene,  bap- 
tized July  13,  1746,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  July  18, 
1746. 

Magdalena,  a  Mohican,  wife  of  Zaccheus,  alias  Aguttaguos,  bap- 
tized December  12,  1742,  at  Shekomeko,  in  the  State  of  New  York, 
by  Martin  Mack,  died  July  20,  1746. 

Josrjih,  alias  NannacMoosIi,  a  Mohican,  baptized  December  12, 
1742,  at  Shekomeko,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  July  21,  1746. 

Peter,  alias  Nackscqmmuth,  a  Mohican,  baptized  December  26, 
1742,  at  Shekomeko,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  July  28,  1746. 

Benjamin,  a  Wampano,  of  Potatik,  Connecticut,  baptized  August 
7,  1743,  at  Shekomeko,  by  Peter  Boehler,  died  July  28,  1746. 

Isaac,  alias  Seim,  alias  Otajiaivanamud,  a  Wampano,  baptized 
February  11,  1742,  at  Oley,  Berks  county,  during  the  sessions  of  a 
Synod,  by  Christian  H.  Ranch,  died  August  2,  1746. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 


243 


Here,  too,  many  of  their  number  witnessed  the 
solemnities  of  Easter  morning,  when  the  congregation 

Samuel,  a  Delaware  boy,  baptized  at  Bethlehem,  August  9, 
1746,  by  John  Braadmuller,  died  on  the  same  day. 

Gahrid,  a  Mohican,  son  of  Joshua,  baptized  May  21,  1744,  at 
Shekomeko,  by  Gottlob  Buttner,  died  August  13,  174(3. 

Elizabeth,  a  Mohican,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Christiana,  baptized 
August    12,    1740,    at   Bethlehem,    by   John    Brandmuller,    died 

August  16,  1746. 

Thomas,  alias  PechUnoappcd,  a  'Sopus  Indian,  baptized  August 
11,  1742,  at  Shekomeko,  by  C  H.  llauch,  died  August  15,  1746. 

'zippora,  an  Indian  of  Wehtak,  wife  of  Nathanael,  alias  Wilpy, 
baptized  July  31,  1743,  at  Shekomeko,  by  Bishop  David  Nitsch- 
mann,  died  August  23,  1746. 

John,  alias  Tschoop,  a  Mohican,  baptized  April  16,  1742,  at 
Shekomeko,  by  C.  H.  Ranch,  died  August  27,  1746. 

Jonas,  a  Mohican,  baptized  August  11,  1742,  at  Shekomeko,  by 
C.  H.  llauch,  died  August  31,  1746. 

Salome,  a  Wampauo,  wife  of  Joshua,  alias  Nanhun,  baptized 
December  12,  1742,  at  Shekomeko,  by  G.  Buttner,  died  September 

16,  1746.  . 

Gottloh,  a  Mohican,  sou  of  Joshua  and  Salome,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 9,  1746,  by  C.  H.  Ranch,  at  Bethlehem,  died  September 

23,  1746.  . 

Nathanael,  a  Mohican,  son  of  Nathanael  and  Zippora,  baptized 
December  17,  1746,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Brother  Pyrlaeus,  died  De- 
cember 18,  1746. 

Bcata,  a  Delaware,  one  and  a  half  years  old,  baptized  at  Beth- 
lehem, by  Bishop  Frederic  Cammerhof,  March  22,  1747,  and  died 
on  the  same  day. 

Rachel,  a  Wampano,  wife  of  the  missionary,  C.  Frederic  Post, 
baptized  February  13,  1743,  at  Pachgatgoch,  Litchfield  county, 
Connecticut,  by  G.  Buttner,  died  September  26,  1747. 

Luke,  a  Wampano,  baptized  March  27,  1743,  at  Shekomeko,  by 
Martin  3Iack,  died  October  3,  1747. 

Theodora,  alias  Techtanoah,  a  Wampano,  grandmother  of  Rachel 
Post,  baptized  October  5,  1747,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Martin  Mack, 
died  October  6,  1747. 


244  BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR. 

assembled  to  pray  her  sublime  litany,  which  tells  oi' 
the  promised  resurrection,  more  glorious  far  than  the 


Salome,  a  Menissing,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Zippora,  bap- 
tized April  9,  1747,  at  Gnadenhiitten,  Pennsylvania,  by  Martin 
Mack,  died  May  18,  1748. 

Maria,  a  Wampano,  daughter  of  Rachel,  baptized  April  10,  1746, 
at  Bethlehem,  by  Abram  Merrium,  died  December  24,  1748. 

Thomas,  a  'Sopus  Indian,  son  of  Thomas  and  Esther,  baptized 
November  6,  1746,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  July  7, 
1748. 

Daniel,  a  Delaware,  baptized  March  5,  1749,  at  Bethlehem,  by 
John  de  Watteville,  died  April  19,  1749. 

Anna,  a  Delaware,  baptized  February  16,  1749,  at  Bethlehem, 
by  John  de  Watteville,  died  June  20,  1749. 

Lydia,  a  Mohawk,  baptized  at  Bethlehem,  April  7,  1749,  by 
Bishop  F.  Cammerhof,  died  1749. 

An7\a  Salome,  a  Delaware,  infant  daughter  of  Salome,  baptized 
October  9,  1749,  at  Bethlehem,  by  S.  Krause,  died  October  9, 
1749. 

Tlieodora,  a  Delaware, — blind, — baptized  October  23,  1749,  at 
Bethlehem,  by  Gr.  Pezold,  died  November  24,  1749. 

Anna  Maria,  a  Mohican,  daughter  of  Nathanael,  nine  years  old, 
baptized  January  1,  1747,  at  Nazareth,  Pennsylvania,  by  A. 
Reinke,  died  January  23,  1750. 

Rachel,  a  Delaware,  of  Nescopeko,  baptized  January  10,  1750, 
at  Gnadenhiitten,  by  Cammerhof,  died  January  15,  1750. 

Jonas,  a  Mohican,  eight  years  old,  baptized  August  28,  1750, 
at  Bethlehem,  by  Cammerhof,  died  August  28,  1750. 

Martin,  a  Wampano,  son  of  Philip  and  Lydia,  baptized  January 
17,  1749,  at  Bethlehem,  by  John  de  Watteville,  died  October  26, 
1750. 

Salome,  adopted  daughter  of  Nicodemus,  baptized  August  4, 
1748,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Cammerhof,  died  April  18,  1751. 

Zippora,  a  Mohican,  daughter  of  Nathanael,  fifteen  years  old, 
baptized  August  4,  1748,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Cammerhof,  died  May 
9,  1751. 

Agnes,  alias  Unanamachak,  aged  nineteen,  an  Indian  from  the 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  245 

breaking  dawn,  the  life-renewing  spring,  and  the  rising 
of  the  king  of  day  in  the  eastern  sky,  all-glorious  with 
the  reflex  of  his  burnished  car. 


Jerseys,  baptized  March  5,  1749,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Cammerhof, 
died  July  8,  1751. 

Charifi/,  a  Delaware,  from  Meniolagomeka,  daughter  of  Daniel 
and  Ruth,  aged  five  years,  baptized  May  6,  1749,  at  Bethlehem, 
by  Cammerhof,  died  1752. 

Samuel,  a  Delaware,  son  of  Zaccheus  and  Phoebe,  baptized 
January  IG,  1751,  at  Gnadenhiitten,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  July 
20,  1752. 

Gottlieb,  a  Wanipano,  son  of  John  Peter  and  Esther,  baptized 
September  7,  1750,  at  Gnadenhiitten,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  Janu- 
ary 5,  1753. 

Anna  Maria,  a  "Warapano,  daughter  of  David  and  Rebecca,  bap- 
tized September  11,  1752,  at  Pachgatgoch,  by  Martin  Mack,  died 
October  28,  1753. 

Anna  Charifi/,  alias  Chitemoqua ,  a  Shawanose,  from  Skehantowa, 
(the  first  convert  from  the  Shawanose,)  baptized  November  21, 
1748,  at  Frederictown,  Berks  county,  by  John  de  Watteville,  died 
December  31,  1755. 

Isaac,  a  Wampano,  son  of  Isaac  and  Rebecca,  baptized  January 

6,  1749,  at  Bethlehem,  by  Cammerhof,  died  February  18,  1756. 
Simeon,  a  Wanipano,  of  Pachgatgoch,  baptized  June  26,  1743, 

at  Shekomeko,  by  Martin  Mack,  died  October  17,  1756. 

Samuel,  son  of  Augustus,  a  Delaware,  of  Meniolagomeka,  died 
January  11,  1757,  aged  fourteen  years.  At  his  urgent  request, 
was  baptized  on  his  death-bed  by  the  missionary  Schmick. 

John  Piter,  a  Wampano,  baptized  November  14,  1748,  by 
Cammerhof,  at  Shekomeko,  died  April  1,  1757,  in  his  fifty-fifth 
year. 

Christiana,  daughter  of  the  above,  baptized  November  24,  1748, 
by  Cammerhof,  died  April  1,  1757. 

Samuel,  a  Delaware,  son  of  Aquila  and  Maria,  died  December 
15,  1757. 

Sophia,  infant  daughter  of  Paul  and  Magdalena,  died  January 

7,  1758. 


246  BETHLEHEM    SOU  YEN  IK. 

And  here,  too,  the  tear  has  been  dropped  for  the 
beloved  companion  over  whom  the  tomb  closed  in  the 
morning  of  life.  The  notes  of  the  funeral  music,  the 
service  for  the  dead, — how  impressive  the  scene !  how 
sanctified  its  recollections  to  her  who  has  learned  to 
know  the  power  of  Him  who  robbed  death  of  its  sting 
and  despoiled  the  grave  of  victory  ! 

Such  are  some  of  the  familiar  haunts  to  which  the 
former  pupil  reverts  wdien  she  reviews  her  school- 
years  at  Bethlehem.  In  the  home  of  affluence,  in 
the  crowded  city,  in  the  quiet  of  the  country,  their 
image  is  recalled,  or  rises  up  unbidden.  For  some 
these  pictures  of  the  past  are  fresh  in  memory,  theu^ 
outlines  sharp  and  colors  cold;  for  others  the  land- 
scape is  all  middle  ground ;  and  for  the  rest  the  tints 
have  been  softened  by  age,  and  "western  sunbeams" 
fondly  lend  the  distant  view  illusive  charms. 

And  yet  for  all  they  are  pictures  of  the  past, — of 
past  childhood,  of  past  youth,  and  monitors  of  passing 

Michael,  alias  Hendrlk,  a  Menissing,  baptized  1742,  at  Sheko- 
ineko,  by  G.  Buttner,  died  July  24,  1758,  aged  seventy  years. 

Ei-e,  a  Mohican,  wife  of  Nicodemus,  an  elder  of  Gnadenhiitten, 
baptized  1742,  by  Peter  Boehler,  at  Shekomeko,  died  November 
18,  1758. 

Eleonora,  infant  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth,  died  at  Nain, 
February  25,  1759. 

Henrij,  infant  son  of  Abel  and  Philippina,  died  February  28, 
1759. 

Joseph,  infant  son  of  Dorothea  and  John,  died  at  Nain,  March 
22,  1759. 

Theodora,  a  Menissing,  an  inmate  of  the  Sisters'  House,  died 
January  17,  1761,  aged  nineteen  years. 


BETHLEHEM    SOUVENIR.  247 

life.  Day  by  day  they  recede  with  the  tide  of  time ; 
and,  as  the  interval  between  their  reality  and  review  is 
filled  with  the  vicissitudes  and  experiences  incident  to 
humanity,  they  speak  with  unobtrusive  but  persuasive 
eloquence  of  the  transitoriness  of  earthly  things. 

Yet,  while  they  reveal  the  loss  of  friends,  the  vanity 
of  pleasures,  of  riches,  of  health,  of  beauty,  they  may 
be  hallowed  into  ministers  of  good,  leading  the  soul's 
affections  to  the  contemplation  of  what  is  beyond  the 
power  of  change,  in  a  land  where  it  shall  bloom  in 
immortal  youth. 


:^))j)cntli.t. 


APPENDIX  No.  I. 


Perhaps  no  better  notice  of  Bethlehem  and  its  pecu- 
liarities, as  they  impressed  a  stranger  about  the  time 
when  the  Boardiug-School  for  Young  Ladies  was  in- 
stituted, is  left  us  than  is  to  be  found  in  the  subjoined 
extract  from  the  narrative  of  an  observing  foreign  traveller. 
Thougli  incomplete,  there  is  enough  to  enable  the  reader 
to  fill  up  the  outline  of  the  picture.  Apart  from  what  it 
contains  relative  to  the  Brethren  in  one  of  their  settle- 
ments, there  is  other  matter  of  sufiicient  interest  to  render 
an  apolog}'  for  its  insertion  needless. 

The  following  is  extracted  from  "Incidents  of  Travel 
through  some  of  the  Middle  and  Southern  United  States, 
to  East  Florida  and  the  Bahama  Islands,  1783  and  1784, 
by  Dr.  John  Sclibpf :  Bayreuth,  1788." 

PHILADELPHIA BETHLEHEM. 

Aiig.  8,  1783. — Leaving  the  Quaker  settlement,  (Quaker- 
town,)  we  entered  a  rough  and  hilly  region,  travelling  for 
miles  through  uncultivated  lands  and  forest,  occasionally 
passing  an  insignificant  hamlet  of  primitive  appearance  in 
the  very  midst  of  the  woods.  Phillips'  Valley  and  Eichards- 
town  were  of  this  number.  Six  miles  from  Quakertown,  we 
reached  a  small  village  containing  a  dozen  houses  and  a  mill, 

251 


252  APPENDIX. 

bearing  the  name  of  the  first  settler,  Stoffel  Wagner.  Having 
passed  on  through  more  wild  forests  and  over  still  higher  hills, 
after  crossing  the  Saucon  Creek  there  opened  on  our  view 
a  most  delightful  valley,  with  gladdening  indications  of  a 
mellow  and  luxuriant  soil;  and  ere  long  we  struck  the  placid 
and  charming  Lehigh.  The  last  hills  between  Quakertown 
and  this  valley  are  called  the  Lehigh  Hills,  and,  as  far  as  I 
was  able  to  ascertain,  form  no  continuous  chain,  being  inter- 
rupted ridges  and  heights  which  bear  down  on  each  other 
with  their  declivities,  or  stand  isolated  in  a  line  east  and 
west,  falling  in,  however,  with  others,  and  together  constitu- 
ting a  straggling  mountain-chain,  stretching  far  away  in  a 
direction  due  northeast  and  southwest.  The  higher  hills 
present  on  their  surface  an  abundance  of  bluish  rock,  and 
also  a  foliated  gneissoid  rock;  and  the  valley  is  underlaid 
with  gray  limestone  entirely  devoid  of  petrifactions.  A 
mile  farther,  and  you  are  on  the  banks  of  the  Lehigh,  around 
which  gather  in  bewitching  beauty  all  the  fascinations  of  a 
truly  delightful  region.  Here  are  crowded  together  a  num- 
ber of  the  most  beautiful  North  American  shrubs  and  trees, 
which,  with  their  shadow  and  boughs  overhanging  the  bank 
far  into  the  stream,  impart  to  the  picture  a  glow  of  richest 
exuberance.  I  observed  kalmia,  rhododendron,  cephalan- 
thus,  sassafras,  azalia,  liriodendron,  magnolia,  and  others, 
such  as  we  in  Germany  long  to  have  in  our  gardens  and 
parks.  The  Lehigh  does  not  exceed  a  hundred  yards  in 
breadth, — a  gentle,  clear,  and  sparkling  stream,  flowing  over 
a  rocky  bed.  We  soon  discovered  Bethlehem  before  us.  Its 
first  view,  even  from  afar,  made  a  most  favorable  impression, — 
so  commanding  is  its  situation,  and  its  style  of  commodious 
buildings  selected,  evidently,  with  an  eye  to  regularity  and 
order.  The  effect  was  so  much  the  more  pleasing  as  we  had 
been  forcing  our  way  for  miles  through  an  uncultivated 
country. 


APPENDIX.  253 

Along  the  whole  line  of  our  journey  from  Philadelphia  we 
had  Sfeen  but  few  birds,  excepting  some  woodpeckers  and 
plun'dcring  hawks;  nor  had  game  of  any  kind  crossed  our 
path.  Flowers  were  rare,  and  the  shrubber}'  but  little  diversi- 
fied. The  forest  comprised  the  varieties  of  trees  common  to 
the  sea-coast  region.  We  met  no  one  on  the  road  until  wo 
came,  opposite  Bethlehem,  to  the  ferry,  near  which  (on  the 
south  bank  of  the  stream)  there  stands  an  inn.  The  ferry- 
man and  his  two  assistants,  who  took  us  over  the  river, 
seemed  to  reflect  the  cheering  aspect  of  the  landscape,  being 
friendlier  and  more  accommodating  than  the  generality  of 
settlers  in  the  vicinity. 

Bethlehem,  a  settlement  of  the  Moravian  Brethren,  lies  on 
the  north  side  of  the  Lehigh,  on  ascending  ground,  in  the 
county  of  Northampton,  fifty-three  miles  north  of  Philadel- 
phia. From  a  distance  it  rises  most  impressively  on  the 
traveller's  view;  and,  after  having  passed  the  last  half  of  the 
way  from  Philadelphia  through  a  tedious  sameness  of  forest 
and  underwood,  with  only  an  occasional  lowly  cabin,  the 
effect  is  almost  overpowering  on  suddenly  seeing  before  him, 
in  an  anticipated  wilderness,  stately'  buildings  rising  aloft  side 
by  side.  There  are  upwards  of  fifty  houses  in  the  village. 
The  principal  building  is  imposing,  large,  and  has  two  wings. 
One  of  the  latter  contains  a  capacious  place  of  worship  and 
furnishes  a  residence  for  the  ministers.  In  the  centre  is  the 
school  for  children,  and  in  the  right  wing  the  Sisters  live. 
Opposite  stands  the  Widows'  House,  and  farther  down  the 
street  the  Brethren's  House.  These,  and  all  the  other  build- 
ings, are  constructed  of  the  limestone  of  the  neighborhood. 
An  air  of  superlative  cleanliness  pervades  the  Sisters'  House. 
Spinning,  weaving,  knitting,  and  embroideiy  occupy  the  time 
and  attention  of  its  inmates.  The  single  Brethren  are  em- 
ployed with  various  trades.  In  short,  the  arrangement  of 
these  houses  is  the  same  as  that  adopted  in  similar  institu- 


254  APPENDIX. 

tions  of  the  Moravian  Brethren  in  Germany,  all  of  which  bear 
the  impress  of  order  and  industry. 

The  congregation  numbers  five  hundred  souls,  the  majority 
of  whom  are  German.  There  are  but  few  English;  and  yet 
almost  every  individual  is  conversant  with  both  languages, — 
so  much  so  that  a  discourse  in  the  English  language  is  also 
held  each  Sunday.  As  most  of  the  Brethren,  and  especially 
their  ministers,  are  of  Saxon  origin,  it  is  a  matter  of  no  sur- 
prise that  the  purest  and  most  correct  German  of  which 
America  can  boast  is  spoken  here  at  Bethlehem,  and  in  the 
other  Moravian  settlements. 

The  Eight  Eev.  John  Ettwein  and  the  Eev.  John  Andrew 
Hiibener  are  at  present  the  acting  clergymen.  The  former 
was  absent  on  a  journey.  In  the  latter  I  found  an  agreeable 
and  amiable  gentleman.  He  is  an  ardent  lover  of  botany; 
but  his  pastoral  duties  leave  him  little  leisure  for  the  prosecu- 
tion of  this  science.  Dr.  Otto  attends  the  community  in  the 
threefold  capacity  of  physician,  surgeon,  and  apothecary. 
There  is  only  one  inn,  and  it  belongs  to  the  congregation. 
Its  accommodations  are  not  inferior  to  those  of  the  first  hotels 
in  America.  Every  thing  about  the  establishment  is  excel- 
lent, and  the  ti'aveller  is  surprised  at  finding  in  this  remote 
and  secluded  village  what  he  cannot  obtain  in  towns  as  large, 
and  even  larger,  on  the  public  highways.  The  house  is  sel- 
dom without  visitors.  In  addition  to  transient  travellers, 
Philadelphians  are  wont  to  make  excursions  hither,  with  the 
twofold  object  of  viewing  the  institutions  and  social  arrange- 
ments of  the  congregation,  and  also  enjoying  the  superior 
entertainments  afforded  by  this  house.  While  sojourning 
under  its  hospitable  roof  I  made  the  acquaintance  of  Baron 
Hermelin,  an  able  Swedish  mineralogist  who  had  come  from 
Europe  to  examine  American  mines.  He  had  been  spending 
some  time  at  the  different  mines  and  furnaces  in  Jersey,  had 
there  contracted  an  illness  in  the  jDrosecution  of  his  scientific 


APPENDIX.  255 

labors  during  the  intense  heat  of  the  summer-season,  and  had 
been  advised  to  come  here  to  recruit.  Under  the  skilful  treat- 
ment of  Dr.  Otto  he  became  convalescent. 

In  the  spring  of  the  year  the  Lehigh  is  wont  to  swell  con- 
siderably from  heavy  rains  and  sudden  thaws, — according  to 
u  gauge  at  the  brcAvery,  generally  from  seven  to  eight  feet, 
and  on  one  occasion  as  much  as  eleven  feet.  This  freshet  fre- 
quently continues  for  some  days,  and  aids  flat-boats  laden  with 
grain  and  pi-oduce  to  pass  over  rocks  and  shallows  which 
usually  render  the  river  unnavigable  for  such  craft.  The  Le- 
high empties  into  the  Delaware,  and  affords  by  these  spring- 
freshets  a  convenient  communication  with  Philadelphia. 

In  the  Lehigh  and  its  tributary  creeks  are  found  muscles, 
(a  thin-shelled  mytilus  similar  to  those  that  inhabit  our  ponds 
in  Europe,)  which  occasionally  contain  tolerably  large  and 
pure  pearls.  A  man  from  the  neighborhood  lately  sold  an 
ounce  of  these  in  Philadelphia.  The  muskrats,  I  am  told, 
lighten  the  toil  of  the  pearl-fisher.  These  creatures  are  lovers 
of  the  soft  inhabitant  of  the  shell,  and  generally  feast  on  it  in 
a  quiet  spot  of  the  stream  on  the  rocks  that  project  above 
the  water,  or  on  the  sand,  rejecting  the  pearls  they  chance 
to  find  within.  Persons  observing  this  habit  availed  them- 
selves of  it  by  carefully  removing  the  sand  at  such  spots,  and 
were  rewarded  with  numerous  nicely-extracted  pearls. 

We  visited  the  interesting  factories  and  mills  belonging  to 
the  society,  and  among  these  there  was  a  well-arranged  oil- 
mill  and  a  grist-mill.  The  former  is  newly  built  on  the  site 
of  an  old  one  which  was  destroyed  by  fire  a  few  years  ago. 
On  the  upper  floor  of  the  grist-mill  is  a  crane  in  connection 
with  the  mill-work,  by  which  the  heaviest  burdens  are  raised 
aloft.  There  is  besides  a  profitable  tannery,  with  the  requi- 
site bark-mill,  and  an  extensive  dyeing-establishment. 

As  Bethlehem  lies  high  on  a  limestone  ridge,  it  is  supplied 
with  water  from  a  single  spring,  which,   however,  is  never- 


256  APPENDIX. 

failing  and  pure.  It  lies  far  down  in  the  valle}'  and  near  the 
river.  The  water-Avorks  are  admirabl}"  contrived.  By  means 
of  joint  suction  and  forcing  pumps,  the,  water  is  raised  through 
copper  pipes  into  a  reservoir  which  stands  at  some  distance 
on  the  elevated  ground  near  the  large  row  of  buildings.  The 
reservoir  into  w^hich  the  water  is  forced  is  upwards  of  eighty 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  spring.  From  this  point  it  is  dis- 
tributed by  j)ipes  among  other  cisterns  to  every  part  of  the 
town ;  and  thus  all  the  houses  receive  a  sutRcient  supply  of 
water. 

T^ear  the  river  is  an  ingeniously-arranged  brewerj^,  erected 
under  the  superintendence  of  Mr.  Sigmund  Leshinsky.  The 
water  used  in  brcAving  is  pumped  from  the  Lehigh.  The 
boiler  is  at  such  an  elevation  that  the  boiling  water  flows 
downward  over  the  malt  and  is  thence  pumped  by  hand  into 
the  vat  which  contains  the  hops.  From  here  the  infusion  is 
drawn  off  into  pipes  leading  to  the  cooling-vat,  and  finally  led 
by  others  into  casks  in  the  cellar  immediately  below.  These 
arrangements  render  one  or  two  men  suflScient  for  all  the 
necessary  work.  The  malt  is  dried  in  the  air.  The  beer  is 
of  superior  quality. 

When  digging  the  cellar,  there  was  found  at  the  depth  of 
ten  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground,  and  fifteen  or 
twenty  feet  from  the  bed  of  the  river,  an  iron  nail  of  the 
thickness  of  the  little  finger,  and  three  inches  long.  There 
is  nothing  known  of  digging  having  been  done  at  this  spot 
before,  nor  did  indications  render  it  at  all  probable.  The 
workmen  penetrated  two  feet  of  garden-mould,  four  feet  of 
common  yellow  earth,  one  foot  of  fine  sand,  and  then  struck 
on  a  laj'Cr  of  coarse  sand,  imbedded  in  which  the  nail  was 
found.  It  is  natural  that  the  discovery  excited  reflection. 
This  is,  however,  not  the  first  and  only  instance  of  the  kind 
when  works  of  man,  to  all  appearance  of  European  manufac- 
ture, have  been  discovered  in  this  country  by  excavations  in 


APPENDIX. 


257 


the  earth.     As  to  their  origin,  the  conjecture  is,  perhaps,  not 
unjust,  that,  long  before  Columbus  discovered  the  New  World, 
European  vessels  bound   for  other    parts  may   have   been 
driven  by  wind  and  stress  of  weather  to  the  shores  of  Ame- 
rica, and  their  crews,  deprived  of  the  means  of  return,  either 
gradually  died   out,  or  were  put  to  death  by  the  natives. 
From  such  ill-fated  vessels  the  Indians  may  have  taken  frag- 
ments, and  whatever  else  was  calculated  to  strike  their  fancy, 
as  nails  and  the  like,  carried  them  with  them  through  the 
country,  and,  as  they  always  lived  near  rivers  and  creeks,  we 
can  readily  account  for  a  nail,  as  the  one  above-mentioned, 
having  come  to  the  spot  in  which  it  was  found.     The  time 
requisite  to  have  covered  it  in  the  sand  with  ten  feet  of  earth 
could  be  calculated  with  a  tolerable  degree  of  accuracy  if  the 
amount  of  soil  deposited  at  any  one  spot  by  the  annual  rising 
of  the  waters  were  exactly  ascertained,  and  this  assumed  to 
be  the  deposit  of  each  succeeding  year. 

Large  quantities  of  durable  earthenware  are  manufactured 
at  Bethlehem,  with  which  the  vicinity,  and  the  country  to  a 
distance,  are  amply  supplied.     I  would  become  prolix  were  I 
to  mention  all  that  is  commendable  in  this  little  place  and  its 
inhabitants,  among  whom  are  to  be  found  a  majority  of  the 
useful  mechanics  and  many  skilful  artisans.     Their  manufac- 
tures, it  is  true,  do  not  yet  suffice  to  supply  all  their  wants : 
however,  as  they  possess  the  most  important  of  the  former, 
and  as  their  frugal  mode  of  life  recognises  but  few  of  the 
latter,  they  have  occasion  to  import  very  little  from  abroad. 
The  good  order  and  the  comfortable  degree  of  prosperity 
which  the  stranger  here  remarks  are,  in  my  estimation,  to  be 
ascribed  to  the  prevalent  religious  spirit,  which  tends  to  foster 
habits  of  diligence  and  economy  and  love  of  labor.     Ever}^ 
one  in  the  settlement  is  employed,  and  whatever  is  made  has 
intrinsic  worth  and  the  stamp  of  considerate  industry. 

The  time  which  the  majority  of  men  elsewhere  idle  away, 

17 


258  APPENDIX. 

or  spend  in  unprofitable  amusements,  is  here  made  use  of  for 
the  benefit  of  the  community.  What  a  glorious  land  would 
America  be  if  all  its  inhabitants  conformed  to  the  j^attern 
afforded  by  the  society  at  Bethlehem !  The  Brethren  are 
certainly  excellent  citizens  in  every  country,  and  in  America 
they  have  in  a  brief  interval  of  time  transformed  many  a 
wilderness  into  a  garden. 

The  hills  about  Bethlehem  are  a  coarse  limestone,  without 
any  traces  of  petrifactions.  On  the  other  side  of  the  Lehigh, 
there  occur  in  a  rock  (which  when  blasted  breaks  with  con- 
choidal  fi'acture)  cavities  filled  with  a  fine  yellow  powder, 
which  is  here  used  in  lieu  of  writing-sand.  In  this  powder 
there  is  invariably  enclosed  an  iron  pyrites  of  globular  form. 
In  another  direction,  beyond  the  river,  there  are  capacious 
basins  hollowed  out  in  the  sides  of  the  cliffs,  filled  with  small 
fragments  of  rock  arranged  so  regularly  as  to  lead  to  the 
supposition  that  they  had  been  intentionally  heaped  together. 
Funnel-shaped  openings,  (''  sink-holes,"  as  they  are  here  called,) 
from  twenty  to  thirty  feet  and  more  in  depth  and  diameter, 
are  not  uncommon  in  these  limestone  ridges, — geological  phe- 
nomena to  be  ascribed  to  the  change  and  fall  of  the  strata 
beneath.  The  lime  burned  from  the  coarse  stone  of  the 
neighborhood  should  be  used  fresh  from  the  kiln,  as  it  speedily 
slakes  on  exposure  to  the  air,  thus  losing  its  cementing- 
properties. 

"While  in  Philadelphia,  we  were  told  that  abates,  carne- 
lians,  and  other  fine  varieties  of  quartz  (all  of  which  are 
called  mocca-stones  in  this  country)  are  found  here  in  abun- 
dance. No  one,  however,  knew  the  locality :  we  were  told 
they  occurred  nearer  the  Blue  Mountains.  Much  was  also 
said  of  an  ore  suspected  to  contain  silver  being  found  in  the 
vicinity  of  Nazareth. 

The  various  European  vegetables  thrive  here  admirably 
under  the   cultivation  of  assiduous   and   careful  gardeners. 


APPENDIX.  259 

Cauliflower,  which  does  not  thrive  in  the  New  York  and 
Philadelphia  gardens,  is  raised  here  in  perfection.  The  sea- 
air  in  those  cities  is,  it  is  thought,  injurious  to  its  growth ; 
but  this  conjecture  is  certainly  erroneous,  as  a  very  superior 
cauliflower  is  grown  on  the  coasts  of  Holland  and  England. 
Peach  and  pear  trees,  which  formerly  yielded  abundant  fruit 
of  good  quality,  have  grown  sickly  in  the  few  past  years. 
Dr.  Otto  ascribes  this  to  the  attacks  of  insects.  I  am  in- 
debted to  the  same  gentleman  for  a  variety  of  information 
respecting  the  medicinal  properties  of  indigenous  plants. 

Their  love  of  peace  and  quiet  cost  the  Moravian  Brethren 
dear  during  the  late  war  of  the  American  Eevolution.  Sus- 
pected of  inclining  to  the  royalist  cause,  and  unwilling  to 
bear  arms,  as  inconsistent  with  their  principles,  they  were 
compelled,  with  the  Quakers,  and  other  religious  associations 
who  agreed  with  them  on  the  latter  point,  to  render  taxes  in 
twofold  measure,  besides  being  loaded  with  burdens  dispro- 
portionate to  their  means. 


APPENDIX  No.  U. 


DIALOGUE— CHRISTMAS  EVE,  1795. 

Caroline  Broome. — ^What  do  mine  eyes  behold  ?    What  do  I 
see  ? 
Surprising ! — in  the  wilderness 
For  whom  this  monument  ?     Oh,  what  a  sight ! 
In  honor  of  what  King,  what  Prince,  new-born ! 
Is  this  the  same  who's  God  and  man  in  one  ? 
Creator,  and  the  Virgin  Mary's  son  ? 
It  can't  be  otherwise.     O  glorious  light ! 
Through  Thee  the  deserts  flourish,  and  thy  blaze 
Illumes  the  rocks  around ;  hence  fountains  play, 
Streams  of  fresh  water  rise  high  in  the  air, 
And  flowerets  spring  'mong  verdure  on  the  ground. 
Oh,  blest  Immanuel!  well  may  we  joy, 
Eaise  monuments  to  Thee,  Thou  King  of  kings. 
Whose  throne  is  in  the  faithful  human  breast. 
Immanuel!     Thou  Father  of  the  ages, 
Eternity  is  thine,  the  heavens  Thy  throne, 
And  earth  Thy  footstool.     Yes,  Thy  thundering  voice 
Can  crush  the  nations  into  atoms. 
And  humble  all  the  pride  of  mortal  man. 
Yet  our  Immanuel !     Oh,  the  cheering  sound  ! 
Glad  name !    Thou  com'st  Thy  goodness  to  display, 
260 


APPENDIX.  261 

Wilt  enter  with  our  enemy  in  combat, 

And  come  from  Bozra  stain' d  with  thy  own  blood, 

Sure  sign  of  triumph!     Thou  the  serpent's  head 

Wilt  bruise,  and  crush  its  power.     Immanuel, 

We  hail  Thy  humble  entrance  in  this  world ! 

We  hail  thy  holy  blest  humanity ! 

Accept,  O  God  with  us !  our  stammering  lays, 

Though  unproportion'd  to  Thy  matchless  grace. 

Sung. 
Immanuel,  our  Brother,  our  Life  and  Salvation ! 
What  gladness,  what  joys,  bring  Thy  blest  incarnation ! 
Thy  manger  so  mean  and  Thy  low  situation 
Demand,  dearest  Infant,  our  warm  adoration. 
If  angels  with  shouts  rend  the  air  at  Thy  birth, 
How  should  we  rejoice,  for  whom  thou  cam'st  on  earth! 
Take  our  hallelujahs,  our  thanks,  and  our  praise ; 
'Tis  all  we  can  offer  for  Thy  matchless  grace. 

Cornelia  King. — Oh,  would  the  muse  divine  with  sacred  fire 
Warm  my  cold  breast,  my  sinful  lips  inspire. 
Caught  from  that  blaze  that  e'er  surrounds  the  throne 
On  which  in  glory  sits  the  eternal  Son, 
Whom  thousand  thousands  serve,  and  hail  his  name. 
Who  is,  and  was  ere  time  first  time  became, — 
The  Unutterable  !     Then  would  I,  too,  sing 
A  song  sublime, — then  should  the  ether  ring 
With  hallow'd  notes  that  suit  the  great  occasion 
When  Love  divine  its  greatest  demonstration 
To  mortals  gave.     Oh,  how  my  sinful  breast 
Doth  pant  to  hail  the  Maker  in  the  world  a  guest ! 
1  can't  attempt,  unless  that  muse  consent 
Her  humble  suppliant  her  aid  to  lend. 
Too  high  a  theme, — yet  so  replete  with  mirth 
Is  that  of  the  Creator's  human  birth. 


§62  APPENDIX. 

That  I,  a  sinful  worm,  can  say  no  more, 
But  joy,  and  weep,  and  silently  adore. 
Still  let  us  sing  of  grace  and  love  divine, 
And,  my  companions,  let  the  task  be  thine. 

Jane  Ireland. — In  Bethlehem,  my  friends,  then  let  us  sing. 
For  Bethlehem  was  the  town  whence  came  our  King, — 
Where  once  the  humble  shepherd  sang,  while  tending 
His  fleecy  flock,  that  pi-aise  that  ne'er  is  ending; 
The  praise  of  our  Jehovah ;  thence  was  raised 
To  majesty  on  Israel's  throne  high  placed, 
There,  when  young  David,  full  of  trust  in  God, 
Avenged  the  innocent,  and  shed  the  blood 
Of  rufiian  beasts,  in  humble,  happy  state. 
His  breast  with  joy  in  the  Immense  elate. 
And  tuned  his  harp  to  songs  replete  with  fire 
From  Him  whose  name  is  than  the  heavens  higher. 
'Twas  in  those  happy,  consecrated  plains 
This  night  were  wonders  told  to  humble  swains, — 
Wonders  to  which  the  royal  Psalmist  pointed 
Oft  as  he  spoke  and  sang  of  God's  anointed, — 
Messiah's  birth, — the  birth  of  that  great  Saviour 
Who  promised  was,  us  to  restore  to  favor. 

Polly  Allen. — Hark,  the  majestic  sounds  that  from  on  high 
Are  usher'd  through  the  wide,  all-blazing  sky  ! 
Who  hears  them  not  ?     All  who  poor  sinners  are, 
With  joy  unbounded,  hear  God's  love  declare  : 
To  you,  to  you  is  born  this  night  the  Lord, 
The  great  Jehovah,  the  Almighty  Word, 
Through  whom  all  things  were  made, — a  helpless  child, 
To  be  your  Saviour,  gracious,  good,  and  mild. 
To  you  is  born,  in  David's  city  old, 
That  great  Eedeemer  Zion's  muse  foretold. 
Eejoice ;  cast  fear  and  anxious  thoughts  away ; 
Behold,  the  dusky  night  now  turns  in  day. 


APPENDIX.  263 

True  light  burst  forth  with  the  Creator's  birth, 
Peace  and  good-will  are  now  proclaim' d  on  earth. 
C.  Broome. — Darkness  had  cover'd  all  the  sinful  ground, 
And  veil'd  the  eyes  of  all  the  nations  round; 
Her  sable  garment  o'er  the  world  was  cast, 
A  second  chaos,  darker  than  the  past ; 
For,  though  the  natural  light  the  people  saw, 
And  lived  and  walk'd  as  led  by  nature's  law. 
Yet  Him  through  wliom  they  lived  they  did  not  know. 
Oh,  life  of  misery,  replete  with  woe ! 
A  little  spot  on  this  extensive  ball, 
'Tis  true,  was  favor'd  God  their  Lord  to  call. 
Judea's  sons  and  daughters  were  approved 
The  chosen  ones, — yet  not  alone  beloved, — 
The  heart  divine  its  thoughts  of  love  extended 
O'er  all  the  world, — all  mankind's  bliss  intended. 
And  many  sages,  train'd  in  wisdom's  school. 
Sought  for  that  Power  that  such  a  world  must  rule ; 
Imagined  him  full  good,  yet  could  not  scan. 
That  thus  a  God  could  love  even  rebel  man  : 
Judean  seers  and  patriarchs  knew  more, 
But  wonder'd  why  the  promise,  long  in  store. 
Did  not  appear :  each  sigh'd,  "  Oh,  come,  appear ! 
Let  thy  glad  dawning  fallen  mankind  cheer ! 
Thou  Son  of  Life  !     Oh,  rend  the  heavens  now!'' 
Sad  gloom,  that  clouded  many  a  pious  brow. 
How  deeply  felt  in  the  believing  breast, 
How  often  in  heart-piercing  groans  express'd  I 
At  length,  when  e'en  the  Temple's  light  had  ceased. 
And  darkness  visibly  on  earth  increased, 
Then,  then, — as  is  God's  way, — the  help  was  nigh; 
Then,  then  appear'd  the  Day-Star  from  on  high  ! 


264  APPENDIX. 

Sung. 

Hark  !  the  herald  angels  sing, 
Glory  to  the  new-born  King! 
Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild, 
God  and  sinners  reconciled  ! 
Joyful,  all  ye  nations,  rise. 
Join  the  triumphs  of  the  skies  ; 
With  th'  angelic  hosts  proclaim, 
Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem! 

Margaret  Ackerly. — Eise,    Cynthia  bright!     ten   thousand 
lustres  shine ! 
With  rays  refulgent  catch  the  blaze  divine 
From  that  great  hand  that  form'd  from  nothing  you. 
And  bid  you  each  its  stated  course  pursue. 
You  suns  immense,  with  all  your  orbs  attendant, 
Show  forth  His  praise,  His  majesty  transcendent ! 
Ye  unscann'd  systems,  high  as  high  can  be, 
His  eye  beholds  what  creatures'  eyes  can't  see. 
How  bounded  is  our  gaze  !     Oh,  praise  the  great, 
Th'  Unsearchable !     All  that  His  hand  hath  made. 
And  thou,  blest  ball,  a  dot  in  wide  creation, 
No  longer  weep  thy  deep  humiliation  ! 
Rejoice  !  thy  loss  is  fully  restituted, 
Though  misei'ably  by  the  fall  polluted. 
The  feet  of  Him  whom  heaven  of  heavens  can't  hold 
Now  rest  on  thee,  and  man  can  God  behold ! 
Divinity  now  on  thy  surface  moves 
In  human  form.     Oh,  see  how  God  thee  loves  ! 

Maria  Arden. — ^Yes,  when  thou  cam'st  from  the  creative 
hand 
At  the  great  nod,  the  Infinite  command. 
The  morning  stars  did  shout,  and  God's  glad  sons 
Sang  songs  of  praise;  the  righteous,  holy  ones 


APPENDIX.  265 

Acknowledged  His  great  power.    Yet  now  behold 
■  A  greater  deed  ! — The  angels  can't  unfold. 
Th' Almighty  will  on  earth  with  sinners  dwell ! 
And  yet  they  haste  the  wondrous  news  to  tell. 
Miza  Egbert. — Eejoice,  O  Earth !  thy  Maker  left  his  crown ; 

To  save  thy  sons  the  Son  of  God  came  down  ! 
Mary  Bingham. — Isaiah,   inspired   fi'om    above,   him  pro- 
claim'd 
A  Saviour  of  sinners,  Immanuel  named  ! 
Ann  Massey. — O  night   with    glee,   with    holy    wonders 
fraught. 
Surpassing  human  wisdom,  sense,  and  thought ! 
Night  which  reveal'd  to  man  the  mystery  great 
For  which  four  thousand  years  the  world  did  wait ! 
Catharine  M.  Richards. — Jehovah  comes,  forsakes  his  splen- 
did throne ; 
He  comes  for  fallen  mankind  to  atone ! 
Our  God's  humanity  is  fraught  with  mirth  : 
Eejoice,  poor  sinners,  in  your  Saviour's  birth. 
Eliza  Morgan. — Cherubim  and  seraphim  rejoice ;  how  much 
more  should  we ! 

Sarah  White. — They  sang  the  praises  of  Him  who  is,  and 
was,  and  cometh  j  and  He  came  into  our  misery.  How  shall 
we  pay  Him  due  thanks  ? 

Hannah  Wilkins. — The  Self-existent,  the  Eternal, — oh,  how 
doth  He  love  His  creatures  ! 

Eliza  Carey. — While  in  flaming  air  the  angels  sing  the 
praises  of  the  Infant  King,  let  us  sing  Him  in  our  hearts. 

Eleanor  Byrnes. — Sing  and  play  Him  with  hearts,  and 
hands,  and  voices,  who  hath  done  wondrous  things  for  us  ! 

Mary  Parsons. — Who  rent  the  heavens  and  came  down 
unto  us. 


266  APPENDIX. 

Sung. 
The  King  of  Glory  sends  His  Son 

To  make  His  entrance  on  this  earth ! 
Behold  the  midnight  bright  as  noon, 

And  heavenly  hosts  declare  his  birth. 
About  their  young  Eedeemer's  head 

What  wonders  and  what  glories  meet ! 
An  unknown  star  arose,  and  led 
The  Eastern  sages  to  His  feet ! 
Simeon  and  Anna  both  conspired 

The  infant  Saviour  to  proclaim ; 
Inward  they  felt  the  sacred  fire, 

And  bless'd  the  babe,  and  own'd  His  name  ! 
Let  Jews  and  Greeks  blaspheme  aloud, 
And  treat  the  holy  Child  with  scorn ; 
Our  souls  adore  the  eternal  God, 
Who  condescended  to  be  born. 
Martha  W.  Greene. — We  have  Him,  we  hold  Him,  nor  let 
we  Him  part, 
But  press  the  Almighty  with  love  to  the  heart, — 
A  sinful  heart,  truly,  yet  destined  His  rest : 
Oh,  how  His  indwelling  will  make  us  so  blest  I 
Mary  Perkins. — He  is  indeed  our  brother  I 
Louisa  Arden. — He  whom  no  earths  contain,  nor  skies. 

In  Bethlehem  in  a  manger  lies  ! 
Jane  Johnston. — Sure  never  was  love  like  His  ! 
Caroline  Smith. — Oh,  the  sweetest  Boy, 

Great  Source  of  our  mirth  and  joy ! 
Christmas  eve  replete  with  blessing  ! 
Let's,  with  hearts  and  lips  confessing 
Him,  our  flesh  and  blood, 
Praise  the  highest  good  ! 
Mary  L.  Hamilton. — The  mighty  Father's  child  behold. 
And  marvel  at  the  sight ; 


APPENDIX.  267 

Not  in  a  palace  deck'd  with  gold, 

Which  thousand  lustres  light, 
But  in  a  stable  dark  is  laid, 
Meanly  in  swaddling  clothes  array'd. 
Mehitabel  Handy. — This  is  the  God  in  whom  we  trust ;  and 
He  will  save  us. 
Anne  Brown. — He  will  save  His  people  from  their  sins. 
Patty  Bininger. — Oh,  beauty  beyond  measure ! 
My  hope,  my  joy,  ray  treasure ! 
Thou  weep'st,  a  helpless  boy ! 
I  see,  my  heavenly  Brother, 
Thy  anxious  virgin  mother. 
Smile  on  thy  face  with  looks  of  joy. 
See  how  she  soothes  thy  tears. 
Dispels  thine  infant  fears — 
Her  God,  her  Lord,  her  all. 
Must  for  her  succor  call ; 
Oh,  mystery  sublime ! 
Thee  comprehends  no  time. 
Elizabeth  Davis. — Me  to  redeem  from  endless  misery, 

My  God,  my  Lord,  in  wretched  plight  I  see. 
Elizabeth  McDonald. — What  shall  we  give?      What  shall 
we  bring? 
What  sacrifices  please  that  King 
Who's  Lord  and  God  of  all? 
A.  Cauffman. — Our  hearts; — 'tis  all  that  He  demands. 
Let's  give  them  in  His  holy  hands 
Whom  we  dear  Brother  call. 
Harriet  S.  Huntington. — Then  take  my  heart,  and  what- 
soe'er is  mine. 
Beloved  Jesus !    I'll  be  only  thine ! 
Eleanor  Wilcox. — ^Nor  world,  nor  sin,  nor  Satan,  can  desti-oy 
My  portion  in  that  much-beloved  Boy ! 


268  APPENDIX, 

Ann  Hertell. — Yes,  let  us  open  wide  the  Temple  gates,  that 
therein  may  enter  the  King  of  Glory. 

Sarah  Hillhouse. — The  Lord  of  hosts,  of  David's  ancient 
line,  according  to  the  flesh, — David's  Son  and  King  also,  and 
our  Brother,  God,  and  King. 

Faith  Suntington. — For  ours, — although  our  forefathers 
were  excluded  the  privileges  the  people  of  God  enjoyed,  ours 
too  is  the  great  salvation. 

Catharine  Mumford. — The  glory  and  majesty  shining  in  the 
Infant's  face  cast  their  delightful  rays  also  upon  our  sinful 
countenances. 

E.  Davis. — Let  us  then  rejoice  in  that  light  that  came  to 
illumine  the  regions  of  darkness  and  shadows  of  death,  and 
reap  the  benefits  that  are  offered  unto  us  by  the  Incarnation 
of  our  blessed  Creator. 

Polly  Van  Yleck. — Let  us  well  weigh  the  cause  of  his 
coming,  enter  into  that  abyss  of  love  that  has  not  its  equal, 
as  deeply  as  by  the  aid  of  His  Spirit  we  can,  and  drink  rich 
draughts  of  the  fountain  of  mercy. 

Amelia  Piatt. — That  the  Creator  of  the  universe  was  born 
into  this  world  to  give  his  flesh  and  blood  a  willing  sacrifice 
for  His  rebellious  creatures, — oh,  how  should  this  consider- 
ation enhance  our  love  towards  Him,  our  desire  to  please 
Him  and  to  become  His   entire   property  in   time   and   in 
eternity ! 
Polly  McLachlan. — Yes,  we  can  read  the  resolution 
Already  in  His  infant  face  : 
He'll  die  to  make  the  great  ablution 

With  blood  for  all  the  human  race ! 
Oh,  what  an  unnamed  joy !     What  feeling 

While  we  the  God-man  helpless  see, 
In  spirit  round  His  manger  kneeling. 
And  know  why  He  a  man  would  be  ! 


APPENDIX.  269 

Sarah  Sanders. — Doctor  Lowth  expresses  this  subject  beau- 
tifully in  a  very  sublime  poem.  Will  you  please  to  give  us 
the  lines  ?  as  I  think  them  very  suitable  to  end  our  discourse 
for  this  evening. 

S.  Van  Vleck. — "At  length,"  he  says,  "the  fated  term  of 

years, 
The  world's  desire  have  brought,  and  lo !  the  God  appears. 
The  heavenly  Babe  the  virgin  mother  beai'S, 
And  her  fond  looks  confess  the  parent's  cares. 
The  pleasing  burden  on  her  breast  she  lays, 
Hangs  o'er  his  charms,  and  with  a  smile  surveys : 
The  Infant  smiles,  to  her  fond  bosom  press'd, 
And  wantons,  sportive,  on  the  mother's  breast. 
A  radiant  glory  speaks  him  all-divine, 
And  in  the  Child  the  beams  of  Godhead  shine : 
But  now,  alas !  far  other  views  disclose 
The  blackest  comprehensive  scene  of  woes 
See  where  man's  voluntary  sacrifice. 
Bows  His  meek  head,  and  God  eternal  dies ; 
Fix'd  to  the  cross,  His  healing  arms  are  bound, 
While  copious  mercy  streams  from  every  wound : 
Mark  the  blood-drops  that  life-exhausting  roll. 
And  the  strong  pang  that  rends  the  stubborn  soul; 
And  all  death's  tortures,  with  severe  delay, 
Exult  and  riot  in  the  noblest  prey. 
And  canst  thou,  stupid  man,  these  sorrows  see. 
Nor  share  the  anguish  which  He  bears  for  thee? 
Thy  sins  for  which  His  sacred  flesh  was  torn. 
Points  every  nail,  and  sharpens  every  thorn. 
Canst  thou  ? — while  nature  smarts  in  every  wound. 
And  each  pang  cleaves  the  sympathetic  ground  ? 
Lo  !  the  black  sun,  his  chariot  backward  driven. 
Blots  out  the  day,  and  perishes  from  heaven : 
Earth,  trembling  from  her  entrails,  bears  a  part, 


270  APPENDIX. 

And  the  rent  rock  upbraids  man's  stubborn  heart. 
The  yawning  grave  reveals  his  gloomy  reign, 
And  the  cold,  clay-clad  dead  start  into  life  again. 
And  thou,  O  tomb,  once  more  shall  wide  display 
Thy  satiate  jaws,  and  give  up  all  thy  prey. 
Thou,  groaning  earth,  shalt  hear,  absorb'd  in  flame. 
As  the  last  pangs  convulse  thy  laboring  frame ; 
When  the  same  God  unshrouded  thou  shalt  see 
Wrapt  in  full  blaze  of  power  and  majesty, 
Eide  on  the  clouds,  whilst  as  his  chariot  flies 
The  bright  efi'ueion  streams  through  all  the  skies. 
Then  shall  the  proud  dissolving  mountains  glow. 
And  yielding  rocks  in  fiery  rivers  flow ; 
The  molten  deluge  round  the  globe  shall  roar, 
And  all  man's  acts  and  labors  be  no  more." 

Chorus. 

"  How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet  of  Him 
that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that  publisheth  peace,  that  saith 
unto  Zion,  Thy  God  reigneth  !" 


APPENDIX  No.  III. 


DIALOGUE— CHRISTMAS   EVE,  1799. 

Ametta  Lansing.— Pray,  tell  me  why  this  meeting.     What 
has  happened  ?     Say !  why  were  we  hither  led  ? 
Lucretia  Champion.— \Yhj  came  you  hither,  pray  ? 
A.  Lansing.— I  followed  the  crowd,  expecting  to  see  and 
hear  some  great  novelty. 

L.  Champion. — "Well 

A.  Lansing.— And  now  I  hope  not  to  be  disappointed. 
L.  Champion.— I  think  you  will  not ;  for  this  is  the  night— 
oh,  my  God !  what  a  night ! 

A.  iansm^.— Speak !  I  pray  you,  tell  me  quickly !  What 
has  this  night  singular  above  other  nights  ? 

L.  Champion.— And  do  you  ask  ?  Do  you  not  know  what 
has  happened?  The  wonder  above  all  wonders  from  the 
creation  to  the  present  days :  God  was  manifest  in  the  flesh! 

Mary  Browne.— And  this  is  Christmas  eve !     This  is  then 
the  festival  of  the  celebration  of  which  I  have  heard  so  much, 
and  of  the  decoration  made  on  the  occasion  in  Bethlehem  ? 
L.  Champion. — It  is  ! 

M.  Brow7ie.— (Looking  attentively  at  the  exhibition,  half 
whispering,  says,)  And  is  that  all  ?  I  am  half  disappointed ! 
(Aloud.)    What  does  that  picture  represent  ? 
L.  Champion.— Can't  jou.  see? 

271 


272  APPENDIX. 

M.  Browne. — Two  venerable  persons,  whose  countenances 
and  postures  seem  to  bespeak  a  spirit  of  great  devotion. 
But  is  that  all? 

L.  Ghainpion. — You  seem  surprised. 

M.  Browne. — I  must  say,  I  am, 

A.  Lansing. — Kow  I  will  speak  freely,  seeing  my  com- 
panion tells  her  mind  with  such  candor.  Yes,  I  must  own 
I  expected  to  see  a  far  different  sight.  "Whom  shall  those 
old  persons  represent  ?  And  what  has  this  night  to  do  with 
them? 

L.  Champion. — If  you  will  honor  me  with  your  attention, 
I  will  tell  you  whom  these  represent ;  and  by-and-by  you 
shall  hear  more  of  what  happened  in  this  blissful  night. 

"  What  the  fathers  wish'd  of  old, 
What  the  promises  foretold, 
What  the  seers  did  prophesy. 
Is  folfiU'd  most  gloriously." 

The  Messiah,  my  friend !  Jesus,  our  Saviour,  whose  incar- 
nation we  celebrate  this  night,  has  been  expected  since  the 
fall  of  our  first  parents ;  since  the  first  promise  was  made  to 
them  in  Paradise,  by  the  mouth  of  the  Almighty,  that  ''  the 
seed  of  the  woman  should  bruise  the  serpent's  head."  This 
promise  was  frequently  repeated  by  Him  to  whom  man's 
happiness  was  dearer  than  all  His  glory  which  He  possessed 
from  eternity.  Hence  many  pious  persons,  from  youth  to 
age,  waited  for  this  blest  event  day  after  day,  night  after 
night,  with  great  anxiety,  hope,  and  patience,  wishing  the 
great  hour  of  deliverance  would  strike.  They  slept  in  peace ; 
their  last  sigh  breathed  a  wish  that  their  children  might  see 
the  day  of  the  Son  of  Man.  And  thus  it  continued  for  four 
thousand  years,  till  the  time  came  appointed  by  the  Most 
High,  when  Jesus  forsook  His  throne  of  glory  and  stooped 
down  to  save  sinners.  About  this  time  it  happened  that 
at    Jerusalem    lived    two    remarkable,    pious    persons, — old 


APPENDIX.  273 

Simeon  and  Anna, — who  waited  for  the  Consolation  of 
Israel.  These,  as  the  Evangelist  St.  Luke  tells  us,  met  in 
the  Temple — ^yes,  Anna  departed  not  from  it — to  await  the 
happy  hour;  for  unto  Simeon  it  was  revealed,  by  the  Holy 
Ghost,  that  he  should  not  die  before  he  had  seen  Christ. 
Well,  here  you  see  them  represented  as  meditating  on  this 
great  subject.  Have  they  not  a  great  right  to  be  placed 
there  ?     "What  say  you  ? 

Eliza  Storrs. — As  such  true  lovers  of  the  Son  of  God,  whom 
they  had  then  not  seen,  as  little  as  we  see  Him  now  with  our 
bodily  eyes,  I  am  sure  they  deserve  that  place. 

Catharine  Lansing. — Indeed  they  do. 

Charlotte  Strong. — But  shall  we  see  no  more  ? 

Eliza  Storrs. — Have  patience,  my  friend.  This  worthy 
pair,  Simeon  and  Anna,  were  at  length  fully  rewarded  for 
their  pious  hope  and  faith.  The  former  was  moved  by  the 
Holy  Ghost  to  go  into  the  Temple,  where  he  found  the  latter, 
at  the  very  time  when  Joseph  and  Mary  brought  the  child 
Jesus  thither  in  order  to  fulfil  the  law  of  Moses  and  present 
Him  to  the  Lord.  Nobody  needed  to  tell  these  pious  an- 
cients, "This  is  He!"  No!  Simeon,  on  seeing  took  the 
child  in  his  arms,  blessed  God,  and  said,  "Lord,  now  lettest 
Thou  Thy  servant  depart  in  peace,  according  to  Thy  word : 
for  mine  eyes  have  seen  Thy  salvation,  which  Thou  hast  pre- 
pared before  the  face  of  all  people ;  a  light  to  lighten  the  Gen- 
tiles, and  the  glory  of  Th}^  people  Israel."  And  Anna  like- 
wise gave  thanks  to  the  Lord,  and  spake  of  Him  to  all  them 
that  looked  for  redemption  in  Jerusalem. 

Mehitabel  Handy. — From  this  we  see  that  there  were  more 
in  that  otherwise  Avicked  city  at  that  time  awaiting  the 
blissful  event. 

Judith  de  Britton. — Indeed  there  were. 

Elizabeth  Leet. — Simeon's  words, — "  A  light  to  lighten  the 

Gentiles," — oh,  how  sweetly  they  sound  !     They  meant  those 

18 


274  APPENDIX. 

blessings  we  now  enjoy,  and  which  many  Gentiles  shall  share 
with  us  in  these  latter  days. 

L.  Champion. — But  my  friends  here,  I  suppose,  would  like 
to  see  a  representation  still  more  nearly  allied  with  the  great 
events  of  this  night  ?     (Going.)     What  think  you  of  this  ? 

J.  de  Britton. — Oh,  I  know  what  it  is  ! 

Maria  W.  Baylor. — I  too ! 

Eliza  Starrs. — But  pray,  don't  tell. 

A.  Lansing. — Oh,  what  a  modest-looking  young  lady !  and 
an  angel  standing  near  her  I — is  not  that  an  angel  ? 

Mary  Dorsey. — It  is. 

Harriet  McPherson. — I  believe  I  know  both  their  names. 
May  I  not  tell  them  ? 

Hannah  Beach. — Do,  if  you  please. 

jEf.  McPherson. — It  is  the  angel  Gabriel  and  the  Virgin 
Mary. 

H.  Beach. — Quite  right. 

Martha  Dover. — Yes,  when  the  time  was  fulfilled, — the  time 
when  the  Almighty  would  send  His  beloved  Son  to  become 
our  Eedeemer, — He  sent  His  faithful  messenger,  (the  same 
who  had  foretold  to  the  good  prophet  Daniel  the  very  time 
when  the  Messiah  should  come,)  the  angel  Gabriel,  to  the  Vir- 
gin Mary,  who  lived  at  Nazareth,  a  city  of  Galilee  in  Judea. 
She  was  a  descendant  of  the  family  of  David,  and  conse- 
quently of  that  of  Abraham,  to  whom  so  many  promises  were 
made  tending  to  that  purpose.  Mary,  though  of  royal  de- 
scent, was  poor;  for  David's  descendants  did  then  no  longer 
reign,  and  all  Judea  was  tributary  to  the  Roman  emperor 
Augustus,  who  appointed  kings  and  rulers  over  the  Jews 
according  to  his  own  pleasure.  Well,  to  this  poor  yet  pious 
and  humble-minded  young  maiden  the  angel  Gabriel  was 
sent,  to  announce  to  her,  in  the  name  of  the  Most  High,  that 
she  should  have  the  supreme  honor  to  be  the  mother  of  the 
Messiah,  who  chose  to  be  born  an  infant,  in  order  to  taste 


APPENDIX.  275 

death  for  us  on  earth.     Is  not  this  a  beautiful  representation 
of  this  celestial  visit? 

J.  de  Britton. — Indeed  it  is. 

Elizabeth  Fonda.— Oh,  what  a  mild  countenance  is  that  of 

Mary's ! 

Sarah  Horsfield}— Indeed,  it  expresses  true  humility,  faith, 

and  childlike  resignation. 

U.  Leet. — How  was  she  honored ! 

Lucretia  Backus.— And  how  must  she  have  been  surprised 
at  the  sight  of  an  angel,— and  coming  to  her  on  purpose ! 

Caroline  Bevenish.—Wsifi  she  quite  alone  ? 

Catharine  Vanderhey den. —8ni^posed\j  she  was. 

Esther  Storm. — And  perhaps  in  prayer  ! 

C.  Vanderheyden. — ^Probably. 

^.  ieet— Hear,  only,  how  the  angel  addressed  her!— "Hail, 
thou  that  art  highly  favored!  The  Lord  is  with  thee! 
Blessed  art  thou  among  women  !" 

Sarah  Beddick.— And  St.  Luke  says  "  that  when  she  saw 
him  she  was  troubled  at  his  sayings,  and  cast  in  her  mind 
what  manner  of  salutation  this  should  be." 

Maria  E.  Kximmer. — But  Gabriel  said  unto  her,  "Fear  not, 
Mary,  for  thou  hast  found  ftivor  with  God." 

Anna  Henry. — And  then  he  proceeded  to  tell  her  that  she 
should  bear  a  son,  and  call  his  name  Jesus,  who  should  be 
great,  and  called  the  Son  of  the  Highest,  and  He  should  reign 
forever  and  ever  over  the  house  of  Jacob :  of  His  kingdom 
there  should  be  no  end. 

Margaret  Letherman.— And  when  Mary  was  surprised,  and 
wondered  how  this  could  be,  the  angel  said  unto  her,  "  The 
Holy  Ghost  shall  come  upon  thee,  and  the  power  of  the  High- 
est shall  overshadow  thee  :  therefore,  also,  that  holy  thing 
which  shall  be  born  of  thee  shall  be  called  the  Son  of  God." 

'  Day-scholar. 


276  APPENDIX. 

Jane  Boheson. — At  length  she  said,  '^  Behold  the  handmaid 
of  the  Lord:  be  it  unto  me  according  to  thy  word."  And  the 
angel  departed  from  her. 

L.  Backus. — Was  it  not  foretold  by  the  prophets  that  our 
Saviour  should  be  born  of  a  virgin  ? 

Betsy  Dorsey. — Oh,  yes !  and  Isaiah  speaks  of  it  very 
plainl}'. 

Mizabeth  Davidson. — Well  could  Mary  sing  or  say, ''My 
soul  doth  magnify  the  Lord,  and  my  spirit  hath  rejoiced  in 
God  my  Saviour.  For  He  hath  regarded  the  low  estate  of 
His  handmaiden;  for,  behold,  from  henceforth  all  generations 
shall  call  me  blessed.  For  He  that  is  mighty  hath  done  to 
me  great  things,  and  holy  is  His  name.  And  His  mercy  is 
on  them  that  fear  Him,  from  generation  to  generation.  He 
hath  showed  strength  with  His  arm;  He  hath  scattered  the 
proud  in  the  imagination  of  their  hearts.  He  hath  put  down 
the  mighty  from  their  seats,  and  exalted  them  of  low  degree. 
He  hath  filled  the  hungr}^  Avith  good  things,  and  the  rich  He 
hath  sent  empty  away.  He  hath  holpen  His  servant  Israel, 
in  remembrance  of  His  mercy,  as  He  spake  to  our  fathers, 
to  Abraham  and  his  seed  forever." 

M.  Letherman. — Now  imagine  to  yourselves,  my  dear  com- 
panions, some  humble  shepherds  in  a  field  by  Bethlehem, 
watching  their  flocks  by  night,  suddenly  surrounded  by  a 
light  from  heaven,  even  by  the  glory  of  the  Lord,  and  an 
angel  advancing  towards  them. 

All. — Oh,  what  a  sight ! 

E.  Storm. — Yes;  with  tidings  replete  with  celestial  joy,  be 
drew  near  to  them  who  were  indeed  frightened,  and  said, 
"Fear  not;  for,  behold,  I  bring  you  good  tidings  of  great  joy, 
which  shall  be  to  all  people.  For  unto  you  is  born  this 
day,  in  the  city  of  David,  a  Saviour,  which  is  Christ  the 
Lord." 

S.  Reddick. — And,  while  the  messenger  was  yet  speaking, 


APPENDIX.  277 

suddenly  he  was  joined  by  a  multitude  of  the  hosts  of  heaven 
praising  God. 

S.  Horsfield. —  This,  this  is  the  joy-fraught  night  in  which  this 
happened  ! — when  hosts  of  seraphim  came  down  to  announce 
glad  tidings  to  mortals ! 

C.  Devenish. — Oh,  how  sweetly  tho}'^  sang! — such  singing  was 
since  not  heard  on  earth  !  and  the  text,  how  divinely  sweet ! 

Susan  M.  Tucker. — But  what  words  sang  they  ?  Pray,  let 
us  hear  them. 

Sung. 

Glory  to  God  in  the  highest !  Peace  on  earth,  good-will 
towards  mankind  ! 

Maria  C.  Gale. — Whence  came  those  voices?  Are  some 
musicians  near  us  ? 

Eliza  Christie. — Oh,  how  delightfully  it  sounded  ! 

£J.  Storm. — I  believe,  my  companions,  we  are  mistaken  to 
believe  that  we  alone  came  hither  to  rejoice  in  the  great 
event  of  this  night.  Many  will  rejoice,  and  S07ne  very  near 
us. 

I/.  Backus. — You  mean  those  praising  voices  ? 

E.  Storm. — Yes,  those  who  sang  the  song  of  the  angels. 

Jj.  Backus,  (half  whispering.) — I  have  a  mind  to  see  who 
they  are.     Shall  I  ? 

E.  Storm. — Do;  but,  if  you  can,  prevent  their  seeing  you. 

L.  Backus. — I  will,  (going  and  peeping  at  the  entrance. 
Returns,  and  says,)  I  have  seen  them :  they  are  very  good 
friends,  and  some  of  our  companions  among  them.  Shall  I 
not  ask  them  to  join  us,  and  to  permit  us  to  join  thein  in 
singing? 

E.  Storm. — Oh,  that  would  be  fine  !  I  pray  you,  go. 

L.  Backus. —  (Goes  and  speaks  softly  to  the  singers.  Re- 
turns with  some  of  them.)  They  are  willing.  You  see,  these 
our  friends  followed  me  immediately. 


278  APPENDIX. 

Elizabeth  de  Britton. — Joy  unto  you  and  unto  us  all,  my 
beloved  companions  !    Joy  with  which  this  night  abounds  ! 

C.  Vanderheyden. — I  believe  there  is  not  one  among  our 
number  who  does  not  feel  it  in  the  highest  degree. 

All. — You  speak  true. 

Hersilie  Allemand. — As  joyful  as  the  shepherds  were  when 
the  sweet  words,  the  tidings  from  on  high,  had  recovered 
them  from  their  fright,  so  are  we  on  this  happy  night. 

E.  Leet. — Yes,  indeed;  for  our  sins,  too,  would  frighten  us, 
and  drive  us  far  away  from  our  Maker ;  but  His  incarnation 
brings  joy,  and  encourages  us  to  draw  near  with  childlike 
hope  and  confidence,  conscious  of  our  demerits,  yet  trusting 
in  His  great  merits, — sorrowful  that  we  brought  Him  so  low, 
yet  glad  that  His  love  by  far  exceeds  our  transgressions. 

Cynthia  Warren. — Let  us  now  in  spirit  accompany  the 
shepherds  to  Bethlehem,  to  see  this  thing  which  is  come  to 
pass,  which  the  Lord  hath  made  known  unto  us. 

Eliza  Kampman. — Oh,  was  He  still  to  be  seen  on  earth  ? — 
the  great  I  AM  ? — at  Bethlehem  in  Judea,  a  smiling  infant  ? 
I  would,  indeed  I  would  travel  thither  I 

Eliza  Addison. — I  too ! 

G.  Cunow} — I  would  accompany  you ! 

Frederica  H.  Boehler. — Do  you  think  any  one  of  us  would 
stay  behind  ? 

All. — Not  one  ! 

M.  Browne. — Unmindful  of  the  cold  and  snow,  we  would  set 
out  now,  in  the  midst  of  winter.  His  love  would  keep  us 
warm.     I  know  we  should  arrive  in  safety. 

C.  Eeichelt. — Oh,  I  have  not  the  least  doubt  of  that !  and, 

"  The  star  that  did  the  wise  men  guide 
AV^ould  lead  us  to  the  manger's  side, 
Where  we'd  behold  that  heavenly  child, 
Jesus,  so  smiling  and  so  mild." 

^  Day-scholar. 


APPENDIX.  279 

P.  Chitty} — Well,  unto  the  heathen  this  miraculous  birth 
of  the  Saviour  of  all  mankind  was  made  known  by  means  of  a 
star  to  some  poor  shepherds  in  Judea,  by  hosts  of  holy  angels. 
Elizabeth,  the  mother  of  John  the  Baptist,  was  apprized  of  it 
by  an  inspiration  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  when  her  cousin,  the 
Virgin  Mary,  paid  her  a  visit.  These  will  have  told  the  joyous 
news  to  others,  and  the  report  will  soon  have  spread. 

Mehitabel  Handy. — Yes.  St.  Luke  says:  The  shepherds 
said,  one  to  another.  Let  us  now  go  even  unto  Bethlehem  and 
see  this  which  is  come  to  pass,  which  the  Lord  hath  made 
known  unto  us. 

E.  Fonda. — Of  John  the  Baptist,  who  was  born  only  some 
months  before  our  Saviour,  the  prophet  Isaiah  had  already 
foretold  that  he  should  cry  in  the  wilderness  and  announce 
the  Saviour  of  the  world  to  the  peojjle,  (which  he  also  did, 
pointing  to  Him  and  saying,  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,)  an- 
nounce to  them  that  the  Consolation  of  Israel  was  come,  and 
literally  to  fulfil  the  words  of  the  prophet :  Comfort  ye,  com- 
fort ye  my  people,  saith  your  God.  Speak  comfortably  to 
Jerusalem,  and  cry  unto  her  that  her  warfare  is  accom- 
plished, her  iniquity  is  pardoned :  for  she  hath  received  at 
the  Lord's  hand  double  for  all  her  sins.  The  voice  of  him 
that  crieth  in  the  wilderness.  Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the 
Lord  !  make  straight  in  the  desert  a  highway  for  our  God  I 
Every  valley  shall  be  exalted,  and  every  mountain  and  hill 
shall  be  made  low :  and  the  crooked  shall  be  made  straight, 
and  the  rough  places  plain.  And  the  glory  of  the  Lord  shall 
be  revealed,  and  all  flesh  shall  see  it  together,  for  the  mouth 
of  the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

Sung. — Comfort  ye  my  people,  &c. 

Juliana  Fisher. — How  shall  I  meet  my  Saviour  ? 
How  shall  I  welcome  thee  ? 

'  Day-scholar. 


280  APPENDIX. 

What  manner  of  behavior 
Is  now  required  of  me  ? 
I  wait  for  thy  salvation ; 

Grant  me  to  know  aright 
What  kind  of  preparation 
Is  pleasing  in  tliy  sight. 
Louisa  Fisher. — Sing,  ye  heavens,  and  be  joyful,  O  earth ! 
break  forth  into  singing,  ye  mountains,  ye  forests,  and  each 
tree  therein;  for  the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob  and  glorified 
himself  in  Israel. 

E.  Addison. — I  would  like  to  see  a  representation  of  the 
Babe  in  the  manger. 
All. — Is  it  possible  ! 
E.  Addison. — I  am  lost  in  surprise  ! 
H.  Allemand. — Here  earth-born  thoughts  are  quite  forgot : 

I  scarce  can  quit  this  blissful  spot. 
Ann  Graham. — But  pray,  my  friend,  a  little  nearer, 
I'd  like  to  go  to  see  it  clearer, — 
The  picture  of  a  scene  sublime, 
Unheai'd  since  God  created  time. 
H.  Allemand. — Then  go. 
Angelica  Gilbert. — I'll  go  with  you ;  I'd  fain 

Hear  you  this  mystery  explain. 
Martha  Dover. — I'll  listen  to  your  conversation 
Of  Him,  the  God  of  our  salvation  : 
For  know,  roused  by  this  Infant's  fame, 
I,  a  poor  sinner,  quickly  came 
Into  the  wonder  to  inquire 
Which  numerous  hosts  of  heaven  admire. 
A.  Graham. — You're  welcome,  friend !    (leading  A.  Gilbert 
to  the  picture.)     Behold  Mary,  the  blessed  Virgin  !  how  lost 
in  admiration  of  the  holy  charge  !  the  child  of  the  Most  High 
intrusted   to   her   maternal  tenderness !      Here  heaven  was 
opened  to  her  eyes;  here  in  the  wretched  stable  she  beheld 


APPENDIX.  281 

her  God,  nursed  Him,  an  infant  feeble,  whom  she  adored  as 
her  Maker.  See  the  pious  Joseph,  with  the  torch  in  hand, 
with  fixed  look  bent  on  the  holy  Infant  intrusted  to  his  fos- 
tei-ing  care.  Oh,  how  unworthy  of  that  trust  does  the  good 
man  feel  himself!  his  looks  speak  it.  Him,  through  whom 
he  lived  and  moved,  to  guard  from  harm  in  helpless  infant 
state  !  he  deems  it  an  honor  too  high  for  a  poor  sinner;  and 
indeed  it  was.  But  behold  the  babe!  the  God-man  in  a 
stable!  Behold  the  wretched  habitation  in  which  the  Son 
of  the  Most  High  first  entered  when  love  moved  Him  down 
to  the  wretched  earth !  a  stable — consider,  mj'^  friend — where 
beasts  rest  sheltered  the  Son  of  God  in  His  earliest  infant 
state!  Is  not  this  a  wonder  above  all  wonders? 
A.  Gilbert. — Yes,  'tis  a  wonder  strange  and  new. 

If  all  that  mine  eyes  see  bo  true. 
A.  Graham. — Too  true.     As  here  the  child  you  see, 

So  Jesus  lay  for  you  and  me; 

And, — mind  it  well, — since  Adam's  fall 

Entail'd  was  on  his  children  all. 

So  all  were  made  partakers,  too. 

Of  Jesus'  love,  so  warm,  so  true. 

God  came  into  their  misery, 

From  endless  pain  their  souls  to  free. 

Their  fall  is  perfectly  restored 

By  Him  whom  seraphim  adored. 

Hence,  don't  you  think  we've  cause  to  be 

Supremely  happy,  full  of  glee? 

If  sinless  beings  thus  rejoice, 

How  should  a  sinner  raise  his  voice. 

And  glory  sing  to  God  on  high, 

Who  brings  to  us  salvation  nigh ! 

For  us,  poor  swaddling-clothes  array'd 

That  God  by  whom  all  things  were  made ! 
A.  Gilbert.— ^iy  Maker  too  ! 


282  APPENDIX. 

A.  Graham. — Yes,  friend,  thy  Lord,  thy  God, 
Thou  seest  His  Godhead  hid  in  flesh  and  blood ! 
Think,  only  think,  the  great  I  AM, 
Who  made  the  universe,  would  be  the  Lamb 
That  should  the  victim  prove  to  pacify 
The  wrath  of  God.     See  in  the  manger  lie 
The  substantial  Word  which  bid  all  systems  rise. 
Which  framed  the  heavens,  and  stretched  out  the  skies; 
Whose  praise  first  sang  the  morning  stars,  when  He 
Caused  every  thing  that's  in  all  worlds  "  to  be." 
(^Pointing.') — Behold  the  little  hand,  which  still  upholds 
Millions  of  orbs, — what  blessing  it  unfolds 
To  weej)ing  sinners  !  yes,  that  hand  will  bleed ! 
I  see  it  now  on  Golgotha,  that  rebels  might  be  freed 
From  endless  pain.     This  hand  doth  open  heaven. 
The  matchless  Paradise  j  by  it  are  given 
Salvation,  everlasting  life,  and  peace, 
And  joy  and  gladness  which  shall  never  cease  ! 
A.  Gilbert. — Oh,  what  glad  tidings  ! 
J.  Robeson. — And  how  low 

Into  the  dust  these  tidings  bow 
The  conscious  sinner ! 
Elizabeth  Ogle. — I,  too,  feel 

The  love  of  God,  the  burning  zeal 
Of  my  Creator  me  to  save, 
A  poor,  forlorn,  a  sin-sick  slave. 
A.  Gilbert. — But  \\\\j  on  hay  must  the  Eedeemer  lie  ? 
A.  Graham. — This  wretched  plight  have  caused  both  you 
and  I; 
For  us  He  chose  to  suffer  misery  here. 
And  wither'd  grass  received  His  infant  tear. 
A.  Gilbert. — Oh,  matchless  love  !  my  heart  is  thine. 
Sarah    C.  Pratt. — Oh,   take  me   now,    and   whatsoe'er   is 
mine  ! 


APPENDIX.  283 

Sarah  Dover. — My  heart  now  burns  in  love  to  my  Creator, 

Whom  mercy  moved  to  be  my  Mediator. 
M.  C.  Gale. — Oh,  could  we  tell  to  all  mankind,  to  those 
Who  know  Ilim  not, — could  we  disclose 
What  of  this  heavenly  child  we  know, — 
I'm  sure  they  too  in  love  would  glow. 
Eleanora  V.  Steuben. — Oh,  certainly  I  as  well  as  we. 
Annabella  Shedden. — How  woiild  they  listen,  could  they  hear ! 
God  sent  His  Son,  beloved  and  dear. 
From  endless  evils  man  to  free  ! 
He  left  His  throne,  forsook  His  glory, 
And  came  in  this  state  transitory. 
To  make  for  man  the  great  oblation 
And  bleed  and  die  for  their  salvation. 
Deborah  Howard. — Yes,  and  this  SAveetest  sound 
Shall  fill  the  world  all  round. 
Before  the  Saviour  comes  again. 
Elizabeth  Lawrence. — It  is  His  promise  !    And  we  will  hope 
and  pray  for  the  fulfilment  thereof 

Eliza  Kip. — But  who  has  raised  this  charming  scene  ? 
Who  form'd  this  decoration  ?     With  delight 
I  view  it,  and  could  stay  here  all  the  night. 
Such  various  scenes,  and  in  such  close  connection  ! 
The  ravish'd  eye  not  sated  from  the  first. 
When  suddenly  a  scene  more  glorious  burst 
As  from  a  cloud !  for  to  enhance  the  pleasure, 
And  fill  the  soul  with  joys  beyond  all  measure. 
And  give  the  expecting  mind  full  satisfaction  : 
Was't  magic  did  this  beauteous  sight  produce  ? 
Or  doth  here  haunt  some  sweet  celestial  muse  ? 
Speak!  you  who  longer  have  in  Bethlehem  been. 
Joanna  E.  Schropp. — The  muse  of  Zion  loves  to  dwell   in 
this  retreat, 
Where  all  the  heaven-boi'n  graces  meet. 


284 


APPENDIX. 


Some  friendly  hands  this  beauteous  scene  have  raised 
In  honor  of  His  birth  who's  ever  praised  ! 
Polly  Ingraham. — Here  is  good  dwelling  !  here  we'll  bring 
Our  humble  thanks,  our  jDraises  sing  ! 
Glory  to  God  on  high,  for  Christ's  humanity  ! 
Yes,  we'll  united  sing  the  love  of  Christ  our  King  I 

Sung. 

Rejoice,  O  daughter  of  Zion,  &c. ;  or, 
Shout,  ye  heavens,  &c. 

E.  de  Britton. — We  will  united  greet 

The  new-born  Saviour, — hail  His  matchless  love; 
In  spirit  kiss  His  little  hands  and  feet. 
"What  else  but  mercy  could  our  Maker  move 
To  take  this  step  ?     ^Twas  mercy  !  love  divine  ! 
Accomplish'd  his  long-planned,  his  great  design. 
Naught  else,  indeed  :  'tis  this  on  which  we  ponder; 
It  is  'mong  all  events  the  greatest  wonder ! 
Peggy  Paris. — Thanks   be  unto  God,  who  does  wondrous 
things  on  earth. 

Ann  Louisa  Kummer. — Great  are  the  works  of  the  Lord  ; 
sought  out  by  those  who  have  pleasure  therein. 

Sarah  Douglass. — Great  is  the  Lord!  and  greatly  to  be 
praised  in  the  city  of  our  God  ! 

Eliza  Harrison. — Yes,  Thou,  O  Lord,  art  great ;  Thy  name 
is  great,  and  Thou  approvest  Thyself  thus  indeed. 

Ann  M.  Pratt. — Thou  hast  approved  it  on  this  day,  when 
thou  didst  exalt  poor  human  nature  by  being  born  an 
infant. 

M.  H.  Dorsey. — Thou  wast  announced  to  the  Virgin  Mary, 
that  thou  shouldst  be  her  son,  who  wast  also  called  the  Son 
of  the  Most  High  ! 

E.  de   Britton. — Indeed,    highly  favored   was    the  Virgin 


APPENDIX.  285 

Mary,  highly  honored,  to  bring   into   the  world  a  helpless 
child,  Thee,  her  Creator ! 

She  saw  Thine  infant  tears. 

Thy  smiles,  Thine  infant  fears  j 

She  soothed  Thee  with  tenderness. 

She  durst  the  God  of  worlds  caress, 

And  hush  to  rest,  close  at  her  breast, 

Thee,  whom  the  raging  waves  obey 

When  Thou  with  power  pronouncest,  "  Stay  !" 

O  God,  in  Bethlehem's  stable, 

So  poor  and  miserable  ! 

Oh,  had  ive  dared  to  see. 

Maker  of  all !  an  infant,  Thee  ! 

O  Son  !  Thou  source  of  every  good  ! 

We  greet  Thee  Brother,  Thee  our  flesh  and  blood ! 

The  Virgin  Mary's  son  ! 

Who  is  His  equal  ? — none 

Is  found  in  heaven  and  on  earth  ! 

Hence  we  rejoice  thus  in  His  birth ! 

This  is  the  joyous  night, 

Illumed  with  heavenly  light ! 

This  night,  so  full  of  joy 

First  saw  the  marvellous  Boy  I 

O  Christmas  night,  so  fraught  with  glee, 

Ne'er  was  a  night  that  equals  thee  ! 

Sung. 

Sing  praises  to  God  the  Most  High ! 

Behold,  Jehovah's  anointed 
Descends  from  His  mansions  of  glory  and  liglit. 

Salute  Him,  shouting,  O  earth  ! 

Receive  Him,  rejoicing,  ye  sinners  ! 
Let  seraphs  and  mortals  in  praises  unite  I 
He  bow'd  the  heavens,  He  came  down,  divesU'I 


286  APPENDIX. 

Of  grandeur  divine  !     Like  a  mortal  He's  born ! 

He  brought  us  the  message  of  peace  with  His  Father, 

He  brought  endless  blessings  to  wretches  forlorn  ! 

Hence  glory,  honor,  and  praise 

To  Him  we  hail  as  our  Brother  ! 

The  friend  of  poor  sinners  !     Eedeeraer  of  man  ! 

His  name  so  great  be  adored ! 

Eevered  be  by  mankind  His  mercy  ! 

Messiah  has  kindly  fulfill'd  His  great  plan ! 

He  came  for  to  suffer ;  He  came  to  redeem  us 

From  endless  distress !     Was  a  wonder  like  this 

Since   earth   first  He  fashion'd,  and    streteh'd   out   the 

heavens  ? 
Our  Maker  would  bleed  for  to  purchase  our  bliss ! 
Oh,  praise  Him,  all  ye  that  have  breath  ! 
Ye  who  are  His  objects  of  favor, 
Exclaim,  that  our  Jesus,  the  cause  of  our  joy 
Is  born !  oh,  loudly  rejoice  ! 
He  came  for  to  save  us, — not  angels ! 
For  us  our  Creator  was  born  a  poor  boy ! 
Indeed,  we  poor  sinners  have  cause  for  great  joy. 


APPENDIX  No.  IV. 


FROM   SCHOOL   TO   THE   WORLD. 

A  Farewell  Address,  recited  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Skirving,  of  Camden,  N.  J. 
at  the  close  of  the  term,  on  the  21th  of  June,  1850. 

Farewell  to  the  friends  of  my  youth's  happy  hours, 

To  those  scenes  where  I've  tasted  the  sweetness  of  joy; 

Farewell  to  my  sojourn  in  Bethlehem's  bowers; 

For  the  sad  thoughts  of  parting  my  mind  now  employ. 

Farewell  to  the  vales  and  the  groves  whose  deep  shade 
Beheld  us  all  blithe  in  the  morn  of  life's  day : 

Farewell  to  the  hills  and  the  streams  where  we  stray'd 
While  youth's  fleeting  springtime  was  gliding  away. 

Farewell  to  the  halls  where  we  worshipp'd  His  name 
Who  made  and  redeem'd  us  and  calls  us  his  own, 

Whei'e  his  servants  the  gospel's  glad  message  proclaim, 
Where  we  knelt  at  his  altars,  and  bow'd  'fore  his  throne. 

Farewell  to  instructors,  whose  lessons  of  truth 

Were  applied  to  our  hearts  by  the  Spirit  of  grace, 

Who  led  us  to  Christ,  in  the  days  of  our  youth, 

And  taught  us,  repenting,  to  seek  the  Loi'd's  face. 

287 


288  APPENDIX. 

Farewell  to  companions,  to  whom  I  was  bound 
By  ties  of  affection,  in  fellowship  sweet, — 

While  in  youth's  sacred  friendship  our  comfort  we  found 
Still  seated,  like  Mary,  at  Jesus'  blest  feet. 

But  now  to  the  world  I  am  going,  to  try 

Its  devious  paths,  yet  untrodden  by  me ; 
While,  with  parents  and  teachers,  I  heave  a  deep  sigh, 

Lest  I  sink  on  life's  rough  and  tempestuous  sea. 

Ah,  'tis  true  that  the  world  is  a  treacherous  snare, 
A  bewildering  maze,  as  the  Scriptures  disclose ; 

Alas  for  the  ^^oung,  who  incautiously  dare 
To  risk  in  its  smiles  their  eternal  repose  ! 

But  is  there  no  guide  who  will  show  me  the  way? 

Oh,  yes ;  and  the  suppliant  knee  Avill  I  bend 
To  Him  who  has  guarded  my  infantile  day; 

For  I  know  that  his  ear  He  will  graciously  lend. 

"My  Father,"  I'll  cry,  'Hhou'rt  the  Guide  of  my  youth!'" 
Still  lead  my  frail  steps  in  thy  heavenward  road; 

Illumine  my  path  by  the  light  of  thy  truth, 
!Nor  allow  me  to  roam  from  my  Saviour  and  God  ! 

Thus,  when  in  the  vale  of  hoar  age  I  repose, 

When  the  butterfly  lights  with  too  heavy  a  wing, 

When  the  minstrel  in  vain  shall  sweet  music  compose, 
And  I  hear  not  his  voice,  though  melodious  he  sing, — 

When  the  bright  beams  of  morning  enkindle  the  sky, 
And  these  ej-elids  awake  to  its  beauty  no  more, — 

When  the  rose-bud  in  vain  shall  unfold  its  deep  dj-e, 
Nor  I  gaze  on  its  tints,  as  I  oft  did  before, — 

'  Jer.  iii.  4. 


APPENDIX.  289 

Oh,  then,  looking  back  on  the  years  that  have  fled. 
May  I  bow  at  His  footstool  who  guided  ray  youth, 

Who  through  the  lone  wilderness  gently  has  led. 
And  cheer'd  my  dark  way  by  the  light  of  his  truth  ! 

And,  when  on  the  pillow  of  death  I  recline, 

May  the  cross  of  my  Saviour,  the  smile  of  his  love, 

Shed  a  light  on  my  soul,  till,  with  rapture  divine, 
I  awake  in  effulgence  of  glory  above. 


19 


290  APPENDIX. 


JOHN  H.  BONN,  OR  PAPPY  BONN. 

(Note  to  p.  us.) 

John  Hermann  Bonn  was  born  at  Skipimck,  Montgomery 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  November  of  1719.  His  parents 
had  emigrated  to  this  country  from  Switzerland  in  1717,  and, 
in  common  with  the  mass  of  Mennonites,  to  which  persuasion 
they  belonged,  settled  in  the  southeastern  part  of  this  State. 
During  the  visits  made  by  Spangenberg  and  Zinzendorf,  in 
1739  and  '42,  to  the  Germans  in  that  section  of  country,  in 
the  hope  of  bringing  order  out  of  the  chaos  of  religious  differ- 
ence and  sectarian  prejudice,  the  subject  of  this  memoir 
learned  to  know  the  Brethren, — and  more  especially  the 
Count,  who  frequently  lodged  in  his  father's  house.  By  the 
latter  he  was  baptized  at  Germantown  in  1742,  and  received 
into  the  communion  of  the  Moravian  Church.  In  1747,  he 
first  visited  Bethlehem.  In  1753,  he  was  appointed  saw-mil- 
ler at  the  Gnadenhlitten  Mission,  on  the  Mahoning.  In  1773, 
he  was  called  to  superintend  the  secular  affairs  of  the  Young 
Men's  establishment  at  Christian  Spring.  During  the  first 
occupation,  in  1776,  of  the  Brethren's  House  at  Bethlehem 
by  the  Continental  Hospital,  Bonn  was  acting  steward,  and 
in  his  official  capacity  was  subject  to  many  unpleasant  and 
arduous  trials.     He  died  in  1797,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 


PKINCIPALS  OF  THE  BETHLEHEM  FEMLE 
SEMINARY. 


1.  From  1785  to  1790,  John  Andrew  Hubener,  born  June 
16,  1733,  in  Saxony  j  educated  at  Barby  Theological  Semi- 
nary; died  December  26,  1809,  at  Berthelsdorf,  near  Ilei-rn- 
hut,  Saxony. 

2.  1790-1800,  Jacob  Yan  Vleck,  born  March  24,  1751,  in 
New  York ;  educated  at  Barby  Theological  Seminary ;  died 
July  3,  1831,  at  Bethlehem,  PennsjMvania. 

3.  1800-1813,  Andrew  Benade,  born  February  20,  1769,  at 
Kleinwelke,  Lusatia;  educated  at  Barby  Theological  Semi- 
nary; now  lives  in  retirement  at  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania. 

4.  1813,  Leavis  Huebner,  born  August  8,  1761,  at  Kaza- 
reth,  Pennsylvania;  educated  at  Bethlehem;  died  while 
Principal,  December  6,  1813. 

5.  1813-1815,  John  G.  Cunow,  born  January  5,  1760,  in 
Barby;  educated  at  Barby  Theological  Seminary;  died  Au- 
'^ust,  1829,  at  Konigsberg,  Prussia. 

6.  1815-1816,  Charles  G.  Eeichel,  born  July  14,  1751, 
near  Goerlitz,  Saxony ;  educated  at  Barby  Theological  Semi- 
nary; died  Api'il  18,  1825,  at  Niesky,  Prussia. 

7.  1816-1818,  Henry  Steinhauer,  born  February  28,  1782, 
at  Haverford  West,  South  Wales ;  educated  at  Niesky  Theo- 
logical Seminary ;  died  while  Principal,  Jul}'  22,  1818. 

291 


292  APPENDIX. 

8.  1818-1819,  Charles  F.  Seidel,  born  December  25, 1778, 
near  Dresden,  Saxony;  educated  at  Barby  Theological  Semi- 
nary ;  now  lives  in  retirement  at  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania. 

9.  1819-1821,  John  F.  Frueauff,  born  October  29, 1762,  at 
Neu  Dietcndorf,  Saxe-Gotha;  educated  at  Barby  Theological 
Seminary ;  died  November  14,  1839,  near  Bethlehem. 

10.  1821-1822,  Louis  David  de  Schweinitz,  born  Febru- 
ary 13,  1780,  at  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania ;  educated  at 
JSI^iesky  Theological  Seminary;  died  Februaiy  8,  1834,  at 
Bethlehem,  Penns^'lvania. 

11.  1822-1836,  Charles  F.  Seidel,  Principal  a  second 
time. 

12.  1836-1843,  John  G.  Kummer,  born  May  29,  1790,  at 
Nieskj^,  St.  Thomas;  educated  at  Nazareth  Hall;  died  Au- 
gust 6,  1846,  at  Litiz,  Lancaster  count}",  Pennsylvania. 

13.  1843-1844,  John  G.  Herman,  born  November  18,  1789, 
at  Niesky,  Prussia;  educated  at  Niesky  Theological  Semi- 
nary ;  died  July  20,  1854,  in  the  State  of  Missouri,  on  his  re- 
turn from  a  visitation  to  the  Indian  Mission. 

14.  1844-1847,  Henry  A.  Shultz,  born  February  7,  1806, 
at  Hope,  Arawak  Mission  Station,  Dutch  Guiana,  S.  A. ;  edu- 
cated at  Nazareth  Theological  Seminary;  now  pastor  of  the 
Moravian  congregation  at  Bethlehem 

15.  1847-1849,  Herman  J.  Titze,  born  October  7,  1810,  at 
Gnadenfrey,  Silesia ;  educated  at  Gnadenfeld  Theological 
Seminary ;  now  resident  at  West  Salem,  Illinois. 

16.  1849,  Sylvester  Wolle,  born  March  1,  1816,  near 
Nazareth;  educated  at  Nazareth  Theological  Seminar}' ;  pre- 
sent Principal  of  Bethlehem  Female  Seminary. 


TUTORESSES 


ENGAGED  IN 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINAKY, 

FROM.  1785   TO   1857. 


Mary  E.  Berott 
Anna  S.  N3^berg 
Susan  E.  Langaard 

Mary  Pyrlaeus 
Anna  R.  Kliest 


Maria  E.  Kunz 
Elizab'th  Krogstrup 

Anna  M.  Levering 
Marianne  de  la  Fon- 
taine 
Charity  B.  Pj-rlaeus 
Elizabeth  Henry 


Anna  J.  Levering 
Susannah  Fetter 


Elizabeth  Levering 
Anna  Mai-ia  Stauber 
Anna  Beck 

Christina  Oliver 

Maiy  Wade 


Years 

of 
Enter- 
ing. 


Years 

of 
Leav- 
ing. 


1785 
1785 
1785 

1787 
1788 


1789 
1789 

1789 

1790 
1790 
1790 


1790 

1791 

1791 
1791 
1791 

1791 

1791 


1806 
1807 
1792 

1808 
1805 


1804 
1802 

1791 

1791 
1819 
1793 


1793 

1792 

1791 
1793 
1798 

1795 

1797 


Died  at  Bethlehem  iu  1825. 
do.  1808. 

Married  Rev.  S.  Kramsch, 
died  at  Salem,  N.  C,  1829. 

Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1821. 

Married  Rev.  J.  Gambold, 
died  at  Spring  Place,  Chero- 
kee Mission,  Ga.,  1821. 

Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1836. 

Married  John  Schropp,  died 
at  Bethlehem  in  1819. 

Died  at  Litiz  in  1797. 

Returned  to  Europe. 

Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1829. 

Married  Rev.  John    Molther, 

died  at  Schoeneck,  Penn., 

1798. 
Married  Rev.  C.  Miller,  died 

at  Bethlehem  in  1822. 
Married   Rev.   Samuel   Stotz, 

died  at  Salem,  N.  C,  1818. 
Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1808. 
do.  1793. 

Married     Ivremscr,    died    at 
I     Bethlehem  in  1849. 
Married    E.    Freytag,   M.  D., 
I     died  at  Bethlehem  in  1818. 
^Married  Rev.  Mr.  Ocrtcl ;  on 

his  death  Rev.   Th.  Lang- 

balle,  died  at  Paramaribo, 

S.  A. 

293 


294 


APTENDIX. 


Names. 


Years  I  Years 

of  of 

Enter-   Leav- 


Elizabeth  Gambold 
Anna  C.  Unger 
As  Mrs.  Brown 
Mary  E.  Unger 

Maria  J.  Jan  sen 

Susan  E.  Bage 

j Maria  Beanmont 
Elizabeth  Henry 

Hannah  Warner 

Cath.  McAlHsler 
Johanna  E.  Shropp 
Eosalie  Beyer 
Caroline  Eeichelt 

Elizabeth  Danz 

Sally  Horsfield 
Eliza  M.  Horsfield 
Sabina  Schropp 
Frederica  Boehler 
And  later 
Anna  E.  Schlaegel 
Maria  E.  Vierling 

Augusta  H.  Cunow 

Nancy  Heekwelder 

Sarah  Meinung 


Mary  C.  Blum 
Maria  Kampman 
Mary  Chitty 
Caroline  Schropp 

Eliza  Horsfield 


1792 
1793 
1814 
1793 

1795 

1797 

1800 
1801 

1802 

1802 
1802 
1802 
1802 

1804 

1804 
1804 
1805 
1806 

1825 
1807 
1807 

1807 

1808 

1808 


1809 
1810 
1807 
1810 

1812 


1810 

1801 

1820 
1805 

1797 

1802 

1816 

1804 

1804 

1811 

1807 
1804 
1807 

1807 

1813 
1831 
1811 
1812 

1828 
1828 
1811 

1811 

1812 

1810 


1842 
1814 
1808 
1819 

1818 


Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1811. 
Married  Eev.  N.  Brown,  died 

at  Bethlehem  in  1820. 
Married  Eev.  C.  Miller,  died 

at  Litiz,  Pa.,  1808. 
Married   Becker,    of  Wilkes- 

Barre,  Pa. 
Married  Eev.  J.  F.  Stadiger, 

died  at  Bethlehem  in  1850. 
Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1816. 
Married     John     Jordan,     of 

Philadelphia,  died  in  1844. 
Married    J.   G.  Fox,  died   at 

Gnadenhiitten,  O.,  1850. 
Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1828. 
do.  1810. 

do.  1826. 

Married    Eev.    Mr.   Locffler, 

died  at  Litiz,  Pa.,  1849. 
Married  C.  Winkler,  died  at 

Salem,  N.  C,  1836. 
Eesides  at  Bethlehem. 
Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1847. 
do.  1833. 

Eesides  at  Bethlehem. 

Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1831. 

Married  Owen  Eice,  died  at 
Bethlehem  in  1817. 

Married  Eev.  J.  C.  Bechler,  re- 
sides at  Hernnhut,  Saxony,  j 

Married  Francis  C.  Kamp-^ 
man,  died  at  Philadelphia.  I 

Married  Eev.  Th.  Langballe, 
and,  after  his  death,  Mr.  C.  | 
Ebbecke,  resides  at  Beth-i 
lehem.  I 

Eesides  at  Bethlehem.  j 

do.  do. 

Died  at  Litiz,  Pa.,  1815. 

Married  Owen  Eice,  died  at 
Catasauqua,  1853. 

Married  Jacob  Wolle,  of  Beth- 
lehem, resides  at  Bethlehem. 


APPENDIX. 


295 


Elizabeth  Bishop 

Nancy  Bishop 

Elizabeth  Lange 

Charlotte  Fisher 

Elizabeth  Schaeifer 
Maria  Fetter 
Mary  Stables 

Ann  Hartley  Lamb 
Sarah  Hinchcliffe 

Theodora  Eyerie 

Hannah  Oesterlein 

Margaret  Jones 

Caroline  L.  Cunow 

Frederica  Hueffel 
Eachel  Ann  Smith 
Lydia  Benzien 
Lizetta  Schiilz  | 

Lydia  Oerter 
As  Mrs.  Eice 
Charlotte  Brown 

Amelia  Sautter 
As     Mrs.    Liehten- 

thaler 
Louisa  Stotz 

Lydia  Huebener 

Mary  Bardill 
Ellen  Humphreys 


Years 

of 
Enter- 
ing^ 

1812 

1813 

1813 

1813 

1814 
1815 
1816 

1817 

1817 

1817 

1818 

1818 

1813 

1819 
1819 
1819 
1820 
1820 
1833 
1820 

1821 
1825 

1821 

1821 

1821 
1821 


Yean 
of 

Leav- 
ing. 


1813 

1814 

1814 

1827 

1828 
1817 
1820 

1822 

1820 

1819 
1821 

1819 

1820 

1826 
1821 
1820 
1823 
1823 
1844 
1823 

1824 
1849 

1821 

1822 

1822 

1827 


Married  C.  Kern,  resides  at 
Bethlehem. 

Married  G.  Irmer,  died  at 
Bethlehem  in  1817. 

Married  Rev.  G.  Hartman,  re- 
sides at  Bethlehem. 

Married   Curtis,  died  in 

1856. 

Resides  at  Bethlehem. 

Died  at  Salem,  N.  C,  1818. 

Married  J.  Weiss,  of  Beth- 
lehem, resides  at  Beth- 
lehem. 

Resides  at  Bristol,  England. 

Married  Rev.  J.  G.  Kummer, 
died  at  Bethlehem  in  1842. 

Married  Rev.  S.  Reinke,  died 
at  Litiz,  Pa.,  1826. 

Married  J.  Prall,  died  at 
Hampton,  N.  J.,  1851. 

Married  J.  Levering,  died  at 
Litiz,  Pa.,  1822. 

Married  Rev.  H.  Dober,  died 
at  Neusalz,  Silesia,  in  1840. 

Resides  at  Bethlehem. 

Resides  at  Bethlehem. 
Resides  at  Salem,  N.  C. 
Married  Wm.  Rice,  resides  at 

Bethlehem. 
Married     C.    F.    Beckel,    of. 

Bethlehem. 
Married     Rev.     D.    Liehten- 

thaler,    resides    at     Beth- 

lethem. 
Married  B.  Warner,  died  at 

Salem,  N.C.,  1851. 
Married    T.  Weiss,   of  Beth-' 

lehem,    resides    at    Mauchj 

Chunk,  Pa. 
Married    G.   H.   Bute,  M.D., 

of  Nazareth,  Pa. 
Married  James  M.  Danforth, 

died  at  Philadelphia. 


296 


APPENDIX. 


Ann  E.  Horsfield 

Theodora  Cunow 

Anna  Cist 
Elizabeth  Albright 

Ann  C.  Brown 
Eebecca  Cist 
Matilda  Fetter 

Anna  L.  Schnall 

Susan  Stotz 

Anna  J.  Steip 
Sarah  J.  Horsfield 

Catharine  Friday 

Elizabeth  Sautter 
As  Mrs.  Eichler 

Henrietta  Kluge 

Agnes  Panach 

Caroline  Siewers 

Esther  Berg 

Sophia  L.  Krause 


Ann  Elliot 
Caroline  Bleck 
Eebecca  Schnall 

Angelica  Paulus 

iWilhelraina    Traut- 
fetter 


Years 

of 
Enter- 
ing. 


1822 

1822 

1822 
1822 

1822 

1823 
1823 

1823 

1824 

1825 
1825 

1825 

1826 
1849 

1826 

1826 
1827 
1828 
1828 

1828 

1828 
1828 

1829 

1829 


Years 

of 
Leav- 
ing. 


1826 

1824 

1824 

1829 

1823 
1824 

1826 

1826 
1832 

1829 

1828 

1827 

1837 
1854 

1828 

1828 

1828 

1833 

1832 

1828 
1845 
1832 

1833 

1832 


Remarks. 


Married  G.  Fetter,  of  Lan- 
caster, resides  at  Beth- 
lehem. 

Married  Peter  Beear,  resides 
at  Bethlehem. 

Died  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

Married  Eev.  P.  Kluge,  died 
at  Bethlehem  in  1842. 

Eesides  at  Bethlehem. 

Died  at  Bethlehem  in  1825. 

Married  C.  L.  Knauss,  of 
Bethlehem. 

Married  Eev.  J.  C.  Jacobs  on, 
now  at  Bethlehem. 

Married  Eev.  H.  J.  Titze,  re- 
sides at  West  Salem,  HI. 

Eesides  at  Bethlehem. 

Married  A.  Andress,  died  at 
Bethlehem  in  1843. 

Married  M.  Crist,  resides  at 
Bethlehem. 

Married  A.  Eichler,  of  Lan- 
caster, died  at  the  Seminary 
in  1854. 

Married  P.  Moore,  M.  D.,  re- 
sides at  Lebanon,  Pa. 

Married  Eev.  C.  F.  Kluge,  re- 
sides at  Bethlehem. 

Married  Eev.  J.  Zorn,  resides 
at  Bethlehem. 

Married  M.  S.  Henry,  died 
at  Easton,  Pa.,  in  1854. 

Married  Eev.  C.  A.  Bleck, 
died  at  Salem,  N.  C,  in 
1846. 

Eesides  at  Dover,  Ohio. 

Married  Eev.  A.  Haman,  re- 
sides at  Salem,  N.  C. 

Married  Ernest  Lehman,  of 
Bethlehem. 

Married  Eev.  Ch.  Dober,  died 
at  Bethlehem  in  1857. 


APPENDIX. 


207 


Names. 


Mary  Sautter 

Mary  Ann  Rice 
Ernestina  Kitchell 
Louisa  Sautter 
Louisa  Kummer 
—  Elliot 


Lizetta  Bleck 

Josephine  Leibert 

Harriet  Hatnick 

Clara  C.  Eeichel 

Maria  Sessing 

Angelica  Seiclel 
Phoebe  Ann  Bleck 

Sarah  Cargill 

Sarah  Eberman 

Mary  Eeichel 
Olivia  Pyrlaeus 

Lucinda  Smith 

Lucy    A.     Lucken- 

bach 
Belinda       Lucken- 

bach 
Elizabeth  Eittcr 
Eliza  Berg 

Sophia  Herman 

Caroline  Kummer 


Years 

of 
Enter- 
ing. 


1830 

1830 

1833 

1833 

1833 

1834 
1834 

1834 

1834 

1834 

1834 

1835 
1835 

1835 

1836 

1837 
1837 

1838 

1839 

1839, 

1839 
1839  i 

1841 

1842 


Years 

of 
Leav- 
ing. 


1833 

1834 

1835 

1837 

1838 

1835 
1839 

1839 

1844 

1836 

1835 

1835 
1839 

1835 

1837 

1839 
1837 

1841 

1842 

1843 

1849 
1842 

1842 

1843 


Remarks. 


Married  James  J.  Henry,  re- 
sides at  Boulton,  near  Na- 
zareth, Pa. 

Married  John  Herman,  re- 
sides at  Gcrmantown. 

Married  Rev.  C.  Lichtenthaler, 
resides  at  Nazareth,  Pa. 

Married  Rev.  L.  T.  Reichel,  re- 
sides at  Hernnhut,  Saxony. 

Married  E.  P.  AYolie,  of  Naza- 
reth, Pa. 

Married  J.  Ricksecker,died  at 
Canal  Dover,  Ohio,  in  1855. 

Married  Jas.  A.  Rice,  resides 
at  Bethlehem. 

Married  F.  Oppelt,  of  Beth- 
lehem. 

Married  Rev.  F.  F.  Hagen, 
resides  at  York,  Pa. 

Married  Daniel  Steinhauer, 
died  at  Betlilehem,  1857. 

Resides  at  Bethlehem. 

Married  Wm.  Brown,  resides 
at  Bethlehem. 

Married  Davenport,  re- 
sides at  Brookl^-n.  { 

Mai-ried  F.  Lennert,  of  Litiz,j 
Pa.  I 

Died  at  York,  Pa.,  in  1855.     | 

Man-ied  Hy.  Luckenbach,  of 
Bethlehem. 

Married  B.  Lichtenthaler,  of 
Litiz,  Pa. 

Married  Simon  Rau,  of  Beth- 
lehem. 

Married  \Y.  T.  Roepper,  of 
Bethlehem. 

Resides  in  Philadelphia. 

Married  Brown,  lives  in  In- 
diana. 

Married  Rev.  Emile  de  Schwei- 
nitz,  resides  at  Salem,  N.  C. 

Resides  near  Baltimoi*e. 


298 


APPENDIX. 


Names. 


Sophia  Eeichol 

Ethelinda  Goundie 
Elizabeth  Kummer 

Ellen  Eice 

Caroline  Warner 

Fanny  Eggert 
Susan  Kummer 
Sarah  Warner 
Frederica  Paulus 

Charlotte  Mies 

Martha  Smyth 
Elizabeth  Carrick 

Elizabeth  Seidel 

Sarah  Lueders 

Caroline  Eberman 

Emma  Troeger 

Ernestina  Eeichel 
Benign  a  Smj^th 
Elizabeth  Eobinson 
Emma  Eicksecker 

Caroline  Protzman 

Agnes  Kummer 
Juliana  Eice 
Frances  Erisman 
Bertha  Troeger 

Amelia  Weiss 
Ottilia  Goepp 

Sarah  Lewis 


Years 

of 

Enter 

ing. 


1842 

1842 
1843 

I 

1843 

1843 

1844 
1844 
1845 
1845 

1845 

1845 
1845 

1845 

1847 

1847 

1847 

1847 

1848 
1848 
1848 

1848 

1849 
1849 
1849 

1850 

1850 
1850 

1851 


Years 

of 
Leav- 
ing. 


1847 

1843 

1845 

1844 

1844 

1846 
1847 
1847 
1846 

1848 

1852 
1846 
1856 

1848 
1848 

1848 

1852 

1852 

1850 

1852 
1850 
1850 
1852 

1851 
1854 


Married  C.  Senseman,  of  Na- 
zareth, Pa. 
Eesidcs  at  Bethlehem. 
Married  Eev.  D.  Z.  Smith,  died 

at  Canaan,  Arkansas,  1846. 
Married    Eev.  A.  A.  Eeinke, 

resides  on  Staten  Island. 
Married  Eev.  Mr.  Linke,  re- 
sides at  Bethlehem. 
Eesides  at  Bethlehem, 
do.  do. 

do.  do. 

Married    B.  Wilhelm,   M.D., 

of  Bethlehem. 
Married  Eev.  E.  H.  Eeichel, 

resides  at  Nazareth,  Pa. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminary. 
Married  Eev.   Chs.  Barstow, 

resides  at  Cazenovia,  N.  Y. 
Married    Francis    Wolle,    of 

Bethlehem. 
Married  Eev.  E.  T.  Senseman, 

1857,  resides  in  New  York. 
Married    L.    F.    Beckel,    of 

Bethlehem. 
Married  J.  Beitel,  resides  in 

Illinois.  j 

Eesides  at  Salem,  N.  C  I 

Engaged  in  the  Seminary.        | 
Eesides  at  Philadelphia.  \ 

Married  Eev.  D.  Z.  Smith,  re-' 

sides    near    Leavenworth, 

Kansas.  j 

Married    B.    Van    Kirk,    of 

Bethlehem. 
Eesides  in  Baltimore. 
Eesides  in  Litiz,  Pa. 

do.  do. 

Married  H.  Sigler,  resides  in 

Illinois. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminaiy. 
Married  Eev.  B.  De  Schwei- 

nitz,  resides  at  Bethlehem. 
Eesides  in  Mississippi. 


APPENDIX. 


299 


Mary  Clauder 

Anna  Clauder 

Jane  Grider 

Eleanor  Siegert 
Margaret  Crawford 
I  Louisa  Klose 
I  Maria  Loeseh 
i  Margaret  Cook 
Nanny  Ehmann 

Catharine  Lueders 
Julia  Merillat 
Louisa  de  Marcellin 
Annie  E.  Seaman 
Mary  De  Votie 
Sarah  Moore 
Anna  Marsh 
Mary  E.  Shiiltz 
[Susan  C.  Shultz 
jEosa  Bandlin 
I  Ellen  Hinchcliffe 
lAnna  Hauser 
Ijosephine  Fenner 
j  Charlotte  A.  Bleck 
Anna  E.  D.  Martin 
[Anne  Brickenstein 

Susette  Fetter 
Sophie  Mathey 
lAugusta  Ladd 
j  Fanny  Heydenreich 
lEliza  AValton 
iMinna  Halter 
Anna  Yohe 
(Catharine  Van  Eeed 
jAugusta  Crist 
JEmma  Eittenhouse 
jEnimeline  Deal 
Agnes  Kluge 
Eosalie  Beckel 


YearH 

of 

Knter- 

ing. 


1851 

1851 

1851 

1851 
1851 
1852 
1852 
1852 
1852 

1852 
1852 
1852 
1853 
1853 
1853 
1853 
1854 
1854 
1854 
1854 
1854 
1855 
1855 
1855 
1855 

1855 
1855 
1856 
1856 
1856 
1856 
1856 
1857 
1857 
1857 
1857 
1857 
1857 


Years 

of 
Leav- 
ing. 


1856 

1856 

1853 

1852 
1852 


1853 

1852 

1855 
1853 
1853 
1855 

1855 
1855 
1856 
1856 


1855 
1855 


1857 


1857 


1857 


Married  A.  Erwin,   of  Betli- 

lehem. 
Married  E.  Leinback,  of  Sa- 
lem, N.C.  I 
Married    Wm.   Jaeobson,    re-' 

sides  in  Cass  co.,  Mich. 
Besides  at  Easton,  Pa. 
Eeturned  to  Ireland. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminary. 

do.  do. 

Besides  in  Albany. 
Married  Bev.  ]\Ii*.  Yogelbaeh, 

resides  in  Philadelphia. 
Besides  at  Hope,  Ind. 
Eeturned  to  Switzerland. 
Besides  in  New  Jersey. 
Besides  in  Bethlehem. 
Besides  at  Massillon,  Ohio. 
Besides  in  Virginia. 
Besides  in  Baltimore. 
Besides  in  Bethlehem. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminary. 

do.  do. 

Besides  in  Bloomfield,  Illinois. 
Besides  at  Columbus,  Indiana. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminary. 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 

Married     Prof    C.     Edward 

Kluge,  of  Nazareth. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminary. 
Besides  in  Philadelphia. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminary. 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 

Besides  in  Bethlehem. 
Engaged  in  the  Seminary. 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 

do.  do. 


RECORD   OF   DEATHS 

IN    THE 

BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINAEY. 

FEOM  1785  TO  1856. 


1.  Anna  Allen,  of  St.  John's,  Canada,  died  May  22,  1795, 
in  her  fifteenth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian  graveyard. 

2.  Juliana  Fisher,  from  Surinam,  S.  A.,  died  July  27, 
1800,  in  her  tenth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian  graveyard. 

3.  Mary  Lathrop,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  died  July  31, 
1809,  in  her  thirteenth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian 
graveyard. 

4.  Jane  Josepha  Yates,  of  Schenectady,  New  York,  died 
February  3,  1810,  in  her  eighth  year.  Her  remains  were 
removed  to  Schenectady  for  interment. 

5.  Johanna  Benade,  late  Crist,  wife  of  Brother  Andrew 
Benade,  the  third  Principal  of  Bethlehem  Female  Seminary ; 
born  June  25,  1778,  at  Nazareth,  died  January  31,  1811. 

6.  Lewis  Hubener,  fourth  Principal  of  Bethlehem  Female 
Seminary;  born  August  8^  1761,  at  Nazareth,  died  December 
6,  1813. 

7.  Caroline  Henkel,  of  St.  Croix,  W.  I.,  died  November 
15,  1816,  in  her  eighth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian 
graveyard. 

8.  Maria  C.  Beaumont,  teacher  in   the   Seminary  since 

1800;    died  December  2,  1816,  in  the  thirty-ninth  year  of 

her  age. 

300 


APPENDIX.  301 

9.  Henry  Steinhauer,  seventh  Principal  of  Bethlehem 
Female  Seminary,  born  February  28,  1782,  at  Havcrford 
West,  South  AYales,.died  July  22,  1818. 

10.  Eliza  Nugent,  of  Philadelphia,  died  May  22,  1820,  in 
her  sixteenth  j^ear;  buried  in  the  Moravian  graveyard. 

11.  Anna  Catharine  Brown,  late  Unger,  teacher  in  the 
Seminary  from  1793  to  1801,  and  later;  died  September  25, 
1820,  in  her  forty-ninth  year. 

12.  Mary  Elizabeth  Eoss,  of  Georgia,  died  January  16, 
1822,  in  her  sixteenth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian 
graveyard. 

13.  Henrietta  Seidel,  daughter  of  the  Principal,  died 
Februar}'^  17,  1824,  in  her  twelfth  year. 

14.  Margaret  Henderson,  of  New  York,  died  September 
5,  1824,  in  her  thii-tecnth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian 
graveyard. 

15.  Sarah  V.  D.  Oppie,  of  Kingston,  New  Jersey,  died 
July  21,  1828,  in  her  eighteenth  year;  buried  in  the  Mora- 
vian graveyard. 

16.  Jeanette  Taylor,  of  New  York,  died  August  12,  1828, 
in  her  twentieth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian  graveyard. 

17.  ^L\rtha  Elizabeth  Duncan,  of  Philadelphia,  died 
August  31,  1832,  in  her  sixteenth  year;  buried  in  the  Mora- 
vian graveyard. 

18.  Frances  Maria  Stanton,  of  Catskill,  New  York,  died 
May  18,  1839,  in  her  thirteenth  3^ear;  buried  in  the  Mora- 
vian graveyard. 

19.  Catharine  Everly,  of  Philadelphia,  died  March  20, 
1840,  in  her  sixteenth  year;  buried  in  the  Moravian 
graveyard. 

20.  Sarah  Kummer,  late  Hinchcliffe,  wife  of  Brother  John 
G.  Kumnicr,  twelfth  Principal  of  Bethlehem  Female  Semi- 
nary, and  a  teacher  from  1817  to  1820;  born  April  13,  1797. 
in  Yorkshire,  England,  died  November  10,  1842. 


302 


APPENDIX. 


21.  Martha  Shoemaker,  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pennsylvania, 
died  June  25,  1844,  in  her  sixteenth  year.  Her  remains  were 
removed  to  Wilkes-Barre  for  interment. 

22.  Sophia  Lockwood,  of  New  York,  died  January,  1845, 
in  her  eleventh  year.  Her  remains  were  taken  to  New  York 
for  interment. 

23.  Martha  Shall,  of  New  Orleans,  died  November  20, 
1847,  in  her  fifteenth  year.  Her  remains  were  removed  to 
New  Orleans  for  interment. 

24.  Caroline  Louisa  Eeichel,  of  Nazai-eth,  Pennsylvania, 
died  February  15,  1850,  in  her  eleventh  year;  buried  in  the 
Moravian  graveyard. 

25.  Margaret  Jenkins,  of  Boonton,  New  Jersey,  died 
February  6,  1851,  in  her  sixteenth  year;  buried  in  the  Mora- 
vian graveyard. 

26.  Elizabeth  Eichler,  late  Sautter,  teacher  from  1826  to 
1837,  and,  later,  from  1849  to  1854 ;  died  January  18,  1854, 
in  her  forty-eighth  year. 

27.  Mary  Eidgway,  of  New  York,  died  Mai-ch  2,  1857,  in 
her  "ninth  year.  Her  remains  were  removed  to  New  York 
for  interment. 


C  A  T  A  L  0  G  U  E 


PUPILS 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY 


1785   to   1858. 


(20) 


BETHLEHEM  EEMALE  SEMINAEY. 


From  its  ()ro;anization  in  IT 85  to  the  iu'esent  time  there  have 
been  more  than  three  thonsand  five  hundred  pupils  at  the  Bethlehem 
FenuUe  Semimny.  While  of  this  great  ninnl)er  many  have  passed 
away,  there  remain  some  even  of  the  earlier  seholars.  To  them  the 
associations  recalled  by  a  list  of  the  names  of  their  schoolmates 
nmst  be  of  an  a,2:reeal)le  nature  ;  to  all  they  will  be  a  source  of  in- 
terest. In  the  following  catalogue  will  l)e  found  such  a  list ;  in 
which  the  names  of  the  pupils  of  the  Seminary,  their  residences, 
their  names  obtained  in  marriage,  the  periods  of  their  birth  and 
death,  etc.  etc.,  are  given  with  what  accuracy  and  minuteness  a 
great  deal  of  labor  and  painstaking  could  produce.  It  is,  how- 
ever, necessarily  very  imperfect,  as  but  little  information  has  been 
obtained  of  the  pupils  who  had  gone  from  the  large  cities  which 
had  furnished  the  greater  number.  There  are  many  details  to  which 
the  compilers  of  this  volume  have  not  access ;  and  it  is,  therefore, 
earnestly  desired  that  any  jierson  who  is  able  to  correct  an  error 
or  supply  a  deficiency  in  relation  to  the  name,  ])irth,  marriage, 
residence,  or  death,  or  any  other  domestic  fact  respecting  the  sub- 
jects of  this  list,  will  have  the  kindness  to  communicate  the  same  to 
the  Rev.  Sylvester  Wolle,  Principal  of  tlie  Female  Seminary  at 
Bethlehem,  Pennsvlvania. 


CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE   SEMIXAKY 


The  letter  b,  in  tlie  first  column,  stands  for  born ;  in  the  second 
(•()lumn,  d  stands  for  daug-liter.  n  for  niece,  »•  for  sister,  g  d  for  grand- 
daughter, w  for  ward ;  and  in  the  third  column,  m  stands  for  mar- 
ried, and  d  for  died. 


1788...Arndt,   Maria daughter  of   John married  Rev.  —  Faber. 

Arndt,  Easton,  Pa.        died     18:^2,    at    Su- 
manytown,   Montgo- 
mery Co.,  Pa. 
Attwood,  Catharine. d.  of  Thos.  B.  Att- 
born  April  4,  1774.  wood.  New  York. 

1789.. .Allen,  Mary niece  of  Andr.  Craigicd.  1849,  at  Bethlehem. 

b.  Dec.  28.  1779,  New  York, 

near  Philailelphia. 
Attwood,  Eliza d.   of  Thos.  B.  Att- 
wood. New  York. 
1 790... Austin,  Harriet  E d    of   Stephen   Aus- 
tin, Philadelphia. 

1791...Akerly,  Catharine d.  of  Samuel  Akerly...m.  1st,  — Cox; 

New  York.  2d,  Samuel  L. 

Mitchell,  M.I), 
d. 

1793.. .Allen,  Anna d.  of  Levi  Allen d.  May  22,  179o,  at  the 

b.  Dec.  ij.  1780.  Burlington,  Vt.  Seminary. 

1794...Akerlv,  Margaret d.  of  Samuel  Akerly...m.  Sylvauus  Miller. 

b.  .Ji'ine  IH,  1791.  New  York. 

Arden,  Maria d.    of  Capt.  James d.  1798. 

b.  Oct.  25,  1780.  Arden,  New  York. 

Arden,  Louisa d.    of    Capt.   James 

b.  Feb.  l"),  1784.  Arden,  New  York. 

179o...Allibone,  Esther d.  of  Thos.   .Ulibone...m.    1801,    George    W. 

b.  Jan.  4,  1784.  Piiiladelphia.  Jones. 

d.  Dee.  18")0,  at  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 
307 


o08  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

170G...Arden,  Eliza cl.    of    Capt.  James 

b.  May  1,  1787.  Arden,  New  York. 

]7?7... Aston,  Ann d.  of  Peter  Aston ni.    Jevcmiali    Warder. 

Philadelphia.  Philadelphia,  resides 

at  Springfield,  Ohio. 

Addison,  Eliza d.   of   Judge   Alex m.  1808,  —  Mowry, 

b.  Aug.  24,  1788.  Addison,  Wash-  M.D.,  Pittsburg, 

ington,  Pa. 
Allcmand,  Hersilic.d.  of  J.  J.  Allemand, 
b.  1784.  St.  Domingo,  W.I. 

1800.. .Alston,  Ann  Eliza ward  of  Benj.  Huger, 

b.  1788.  South  Carolina. 

"       Addison,  Ann d.   of   Judge   Alex d.  Oct.  6,  185-"). 

b.  Feb.  1790.  Addison,  Pittsburg. 

1803. ..Anderson,   Eveline. ..d.  of  Wm.  Anderson. ..ra.  Commodore  David 
b.  Dec.  9,  1790.  Chester,  Pa.  Porter,  U.S.N. , 

Hannibal,  Mo. 

1804. ..Allen,  Amelia d.  of  Stephen  Allen. 

b.  April  19,  1792.  New  York. 

'•       Allen,  Sabina d.  of  Stephen  Allen, 

b.  .Jan.  1,  1784.  New  York. 

180G... Allison,  Isabella  C.d.  of  AVm.  Allison m.  John  Boggs,  M.D. 

b.  June  14,  1794.  Greencastle,  Pa.  d. 

"       Almy,  Martha  Eve. ...New  Providence, 

Bahamas. 

1808.. .Allen,  Sarah d.  of  Stephen  Allen, 

b.  April,  1799.  New  York. 

1809...Armat,  Sarah  A Germantown,  Pa d. 

b.  1797. 

Armat,  Jane  C Gei-mantown,  Pa m.  to  her  cou.sin  —  Ar- 

b.  1798.  mat ; 

2d,  to  Jas.  .1.  Skerrct. 
d.  June,  1856. 
1810...Arcnlarius,  Colum- 
bia R d.  of  G.  Arcularius ni.  — Bento. 

b.  Nov.  1802.  New  York. 

1811. ..Adams,  Eliza d.  of  Jas.  Adams m.  1815,  Johnston 

b.  April  1,  179G.  Pittsburg.  Armstrong, 

Maysville,  Ky. 

1813. ..Adams,  Eleanor d.  of  Jas.  Adams m.  1817.  Lewis  Huteli- 

b.  Oct.  3,  1801.  Pittsburg.  inson,  Pittsburg. 

1814. ..Austin,  Ann  3Iaria....d.  of  Alanson  Austin, 
b.  Oct.  1802.  Warwick,  Orange 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

181G... Allen,  Harriet d.  of  Gideon  Allen m.    Geo.    Taylor.    New 

Fairfield,  Conn.  Milford.  Conn, 

d.  1848. 

1817. ..Austin,  Diadema d.  of  Alanson  Austin. 

AVarwiek,  Orange 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

Allen,  Mary  A..  d.  of  Stephen  Allen. 

b.  July  24,  1808.  New  York. 

'•       Allen,  Caroline d.  of  Stephen  Allen, 

b.  Oct.  1,  1809.  New  York. 

181 9... Alexander,  Adeline.. Philadelphia. 

Alsop,  Eliza d.  of  Thomas  Alsop. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  3UU 

1821. ..Austin,  Caroline  A...<1.  of  Alanson  Austin, 
b.  Dec.  '^,  1807.  Warwick,  Oi'angc 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

182;)...Aikin,  Sarah  31 Savannah,  Geo ni.  L)iiiil)ar  Moircll. 

b.  Sept.  5,  1813. 

■'       Aikin,  Elvira  Ann Savannah,  Geo m.  .lolui  Hunter. 

b.  Sept.  l;!,  1815. 
1824....4^1lison,  Amelia 

Sophia <1.  of  Rev.  Burgess ui.  John  McNeal ; 

b.  Jan.  rJ,  1812.  Allison,      Borden-         d.  1830,  in  Janiaicn. 

town,  N.  J.  W  I. 

•'       Allison,  Margaret 

M.  P d.  of  Rev.  Burgess in.  —  O'Brien. 

b.  Feb.  3,  1814.  Allison,      Borden- 

town,  N.  .T. 

Adams,  Theresa d.   of    Stephen   AY. 

b.  April  3,  1812.  Adams,  Thiladelphia. 

182o...Arnouv,  Emily d.  of  Antony  Arnoux, 

b.  July  14,  181 G.  New  York. 

1827. ..Austin,  Theresa  A.  ...d.  of  Alanson  Austin, 
b.  Dec.  7,  1812.  Warwick,  Orange 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

•'       Aymar,  Eliza  D d.  of  Benjamin  Aymar, 

b.  April  27,  1821.  New  York. 

Aymar,  Elvira  R d.  of  Benjamin  Aymar.. m.  .lohn  D.  Van  Bureii, 

b.  March  IH,  1817.  New  York.  New  York. 

Abbott,  Mary Savannah,  Ga. 

"       Allen,  Catharine  C.  ..d.  of  Samuel  Allen m.  AVm.  K.  HufFuagle, 

b.  Nov.  20,  1812.  rhiladclphia.  Philadelphia. 

1828. ..Ash,  Margaret St.  Augustine,  Fa. 

b.  1817. 
"       Armstrong,  Susan 

E d.  of  James  B m.  S.  L.  Westbrook. 

Armstrong,  Sussex        Montague,  N.  J. 
Co.,  N.  J. 
1830...Atherton,  Mary 

Sophia d.  of  George  Atherton...m.  Edward  Seidel. 

b.  Dec.  2o,  1814.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  d.  Dec.  7,  1852,  in 

Virginia. 
"       Atherton,  Hannah.  ...d.  of  George  Atherton...m.  Nathan  Middletou. 
b.  Feb.  1,  1818.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Ashbridge,  Jane d.  of  William  Ash- 

h.  Aug.  8,  1815.  bridge,  Philadclpliia. 

1833. ..Allan,  Jane  A d.  of  J.  Allan 

b.  Sept.  1822.  New  York. 

1835. ..Almond,  Mary  Ann...d.  of  Wm.  Almond m.  Richard  George. 

b.  Jan.  1,  1821.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Almond,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  Wui.  Almond, 
b.  Jan.  0.  1824.  Philadelphia. 

1837...Addoms,  Anna 

Maria w.  of  Wm.  Abbott. 

b.  Oct.  11,  1825.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

"       Apple,  Mary  S d.  of  Henrv  Apple. 

b.  June  13,  1825.  Philadelphia. 

1839. ..Austin,  Emily d.  of  D.  P.  Austin, 

Philadelphia. 


310  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1839. ..Almond,  Irmine d.  of  Wm.  Almond, 

b.  Oct.  1<S:>5.  PhiLadelphia. 
1841...Arniisteacl,  Eliza- 
beth   d.  of  Gen.  W.  K.  Armi- 

b.  iSl'u.  stead,  Upperville, 

Fauquier  Co.,  Va. 

1842. ..Ansel,  Sarah d.  of  Mayer  Ansel, m.  1853,CharlesAVlicat- 

b.  1830.  Baltimore.  ley.  New  York, 

]844...Ahnewald,  Lucy 

Ann Kreidersville,  Pa. 

b.  1820. 
1845...Armstronjj,  Louisa. ..d.  of  AV.  M.  Armstrong, 
b.  1838.^ 

1846. ..Allen,  Ellen  F d.  of  Elislia  Allen m.  Henry  Patterson. 

b.  Nov.  18,  1827.  Bangor,  Me. 

"       Allison,  Amanda d.  of  Judge  G.  S.  Alli- 

b.  Auo-.  G,  1830.  son,  Haverstraw, 

Rockland,  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Ashman,  Anna d.  of  Peter  Ashman, 

b.  March  2-5,  1831.  Philadelphia. 

1847. ..Atkinson,  Clara Trenton,  N.  .T m.  Horace  Ely 

Albrijtht,  Mary  Ann...d.  of  Thomas  J.  Al- 
b.  March  '.),  1838.  bright,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1848. ..Anderson,  Frances. ..d.  of  John  Anderson, 
b.  April  30,  1838.  New  York. 

1849. ..Anderson,  Mary d.  of  John  Anderson, 

b.  Dec.  1840.  New  York. 

1850...Albrisht,Catharine...Mechanicsboro,  Lehigh 
b.  May  30,  1834.  Co.  Pa. 

Aken,  Frances  M d.  of  J.  Aken,  Railway, 

b.  1834.  N.  .J. 

1852. ..Anderson,  Amanda...d.  of  J.  Anderson, 

New  York. 
•'       Alexander,  Caroline 

M d.  of  Wm.  H.Alexander, 

b.  July  12,  1836.  Wilkes-Barrc,  Pa. 

Abbot,  Stella  M d.  of  M.  Abbot Bethlehem 

b    183'J.  Summit  Hill,  Carbon 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Andrews,  Isabella.. ..d.  of  James  Andrews, 
b.  Aug.  13,  1837.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa. 

"       Anson,  Virginia  J.  ...d.  of  R.  M.  J.  Anson, 
b.  Sept.  1839.  Baltimore. 

"       AndrcAVS,  Mary  E d.  of  Thomas  Andrews, 

b.  1843.  Prairie  Mer.  Rouge, 

La. 

"       Arndt,  Sarah  B Bloomsburg,  N.  J. 

b.  June  30,  1837. 
1853...Audenried,  Louisa 

N d.  of  Geo.  Audenried, 

b.  Nov.  29,  1841.  Weaversville,  Pa. 
"       Arrington,  Tem- 
perance  d.   of  Nicholas   W. 

b.  xVug.  12,  1838.  Arrington,  Hilliard- 

town,  Nash  Co., 
N.  C. 


BETIILEJIKM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  311 

18o4...Albri2;ht,  Jane  11 d.  of  Joseph  J.  Al- 

b.  •luly,  "),  1S;!'.I.  hrifflit,  Scranfon,  Pa. 

1855. ..Andrews,  M.iry  K d.  of  Mrs.  E.  Garrett, 

b.  .laii.  :i:J.  1841.  Atlantic  City,  N.  .1. 

"       Albri$;lit,  Soitliia w.  of  .Jereniiah  Keller,' 

1).  Aug.  24,  18o7.  IlarrLsburg,  I'a. 

•*       Allium,  Dclanetta 

C d.  of  Milton  Allium, 

b.  Aug.  4,  1841.  New  Vork. 

IS.Jd... Austin,  Kllen  IJ d.  of  .John  15.  Austin, 

b.  Aug.  7,  1S4;;.  Philadelphia. 

1857. ..Anderson,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  Peter  Anderson, 

b.  .July  15,  1S4().  Logansport,  Iiid. 

"       Ashnie.ad,  Alida  R.  ...d.  of  I.saac  Ashmead, 

b.  Sept.  17,  184:3.  Philadelphia. 

1780. ..Bedell,  Elizabeth d.  of  Israel  Bedell The  first  pupil. 

b.  Nov.  20,  1775.  Staten  Island.  d.  Sept.  10,  1847,  at 

Elizabethtown,  N.  .1. 
1787...Blakely,  Amelia 

Louisa d.  of  .T.  Blakely d.  March,  17,  1704,  in 

b.  .Jan.  28,  1775.  Baltimore.  Barbadoes. 

'•       Beaumont,  Maria St.  Croix,  West d.  Dec.  2,  181(1,  in 

b.  .June  28,  1778.  Indies.  Bethlehem. 
"       Beaumont,  Eliza- 
beth  St.  Croix,  AVest  Indies. 

b.  Feb.  14,  1781. 
]7S8...Bage,  Susan  Eliza- 
beth  m.  Kev.  .John  F.  Stadi- 

ger,  Bethlehem, 
d.  September,  1850. 

1780...Brashier,  Helen d.  of  Mrs.  H.  Brashier, 

b.  Dec.  ]*.»,  1777.  New  York. 

Byvanck,  Jane New  York m.  Joseph  Youle,  M.D. 

b.  Nov.  14,  177<s. 

'•       Binin£;er,  Agnes d.  of  Abr.  Bininger m.  — Clark. 

b.  Jan.  211,  178(1.  New  York. 

"       Bardin,  Eliza  Willet..d.  of  Edward  Bardin. 

b.  July  1,  1778.  New  York. 

"       Boyd,  Agnes d.  of  Robert  Boyd m.   —  Van  Kleeck, 

b.  Dec.  2U,  1770.  New  York.  M.D.  Fishkill,  N.  Y. 

d.  18-52. 

"       Buxton,  Sarah d.  of  John  Huxton, 

b.  Oct.  2<;,  1778.  New  York. 

"       Bull,  Esther  Margt...d.  of  Joseph  Bull m.  1795,  Thos.  Chester. 

b.  Sept.  29,  1770.'^  Hartford,  Ct.  d.  June  22,  1844. 

Berwick,  Ann  El Charleston,  S.  C m.  —  Legare. 

b.  Feb.  20,  1775. 

•'       Bayard,  Marg.iret d.  of  Col.  John  Bayard. .m.     Samuel     Harrison 

b.  Feb.  20.  1778.  New  Brunswick,  Smith. 

N.  J.  d.  May,  1 844,  Wash- 

ington City. 
'•       Bayard,  Anna 

3Iaria d.  of  Col.  John  Bayard..m.  Samuel  Boyd,  New 

b.  March  22.  1779.  New  Brunswick,  York. 

N.  J. 


312  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1790. .. Broome,  Jcuiiet  B....J.  of  Samuel  Broome...m.  Timothy  Phelps, 
b.  1774.  New  Haven,  Ct.  d.  April  25,  1802. 

■'       Blccckcr,  Eliza d.  of  llufger  Bleecker...ni.  Peter  BrinkerhofF. 

Albany,  N.  Y. 

1701  ...Billingtoii,  Maria Philadelphia. 

"      Bowen,  Elizabeth  ...d.  of  William  Boweu...m.  Thos.  Amory,  Rox- 
jM.D.,  Providence,         bury,  Mass. 
R.I. 

"       Boweii,  Sarah d.  of  AVilliam  Bowen...m.  AVm.  Skinner,  Rox- 

M.D.,  Providence,         bury,  Mass. 
R.  I. 

"       Baylor,  Frances d.  of  Robert  Baylor, 

Berkely  Co.,  Va. 

"       Binsjiiam,  Ann New  York m.  C.  Penrose. 

"       Boswcll,  Eliza Chaideston,  S.  C. 

''       Ball,  Mary d.  of  .Josei^h  Ball m.  Robert  Frazer, 

Philadelphia.  d. 

"       Budd,  Elizabeth w.  of  Azariah  Horton, 

Philadelphia. 
1702. ..Bischoff,  Catharine. ..d.  of  Joseph  Bischoff'...m.  —  GroiF,  Exeter, 

Pleading,  Pa.  Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Von  Bevcrhoudt, 

Anna  Maria grand-daughter  of m.  Tobias  Boudinot, 

.John  Wood,  St.  New  Jersey. 

Thomas,  AV.  I. 

"       Butler,  Mary d.  of  General  Richard.. .m.  April  17, 1805,  Isaac 

b.  April  10,  1785.  Butler,  Pittsburg.  Meason,  Connells- 

ville,  Fayette  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Boweu,  Julia d.  of  Ephraim  Bowcn...m.  John  Martin. 

Providence,  R.  I.  d. 

"       Bloodgood,  Eve Albany,  N.  Y m   Rev.  — Boardman. 

d. 

"       Bleecker,  Maria d.  of  Rutger  Bleecker...m.  Morris  S.  ^liller. 

Albany,  N.  Y.  Utica,  N.  Y. 

d.  1851. 

1703...Burwell,  Frances d.  of  N.  Burwell,  King 

b.  Feb.  28,  1781.  AVilliam  Co.,  Va. 

**       Broome,  Caroline d.  of  Samuel  Broome. ..m.  Joseph  T.  Fay. 

b.  July  8,  1781.  New  Haven,  Conn.         New  York. 

d.  1810. 

"       Baldasqui,  Juliana.. .n.  of  Jos.  Baldasqui d. 

b.  July  13,  1782.  Germantown. 

1791. ..Byrnes,  Eleanor d.  of  Pati-ick  Byrnes. ..m.  —  Maher,  Mont- 

b.  April  2,  1781.  Philadelphia.  gomery  Co  ,  Md. 

"       Bininger,  Martha d.  of  Abr.  Biningcr m.  —  Mankin. 

b.  June  19,  1782.  New  York. 

1795. ..Bingham,  Mary d.  of  .John  Bingham, 

b.  Nov.  23,  1781.  New  York. 

"       Browne,  Ann d.  of  AA^m.  Browne in.  Robert  Lloyd,  St. 

b.  Nov.  15,  1782.  Philadelphia.  Louis,  Mo. 

d.  1857. 

'•       Baxter,  Margaret w.  of  .John  A.  Hanna...m.Sam'lMaclay,  M.D.. 

b.  Jan.  1,  1785.  Harrisburg,  Pa.  near  Lewistown,  Pa. 

"       Bleecker,  Blandina..d.  of  Rutger  Bleecker.. .m.  Charles  E.  Dudlev. 
b.  Oct.  1,  1783.  Albany,  N.  Y. 

1796...de  Britton,  Judith...  d.  of  Baron  Fred,  de 
b.  April  7,  1785.  Britton,  St.  Johns, 

W.  I. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  313 

17'.M;...de  Biitton,  EH/,a- 

bctli (1.  of  Baron  Fred,  ile 

h.  April  Lj,  17SU.  IJritton,  St.  Johns, 

W.  I. 

'■       Bundinot,  C'ath d.  of  Elisha  Boudinot...ni.  Lewis  Atterlmrj', 

b.  Dec.  2,  17<S1.  Newark,  N.  J.  Patterson,  N.  J. 

171)7. ..Backus,  Lucretia d.  of  Elijah  Backus m.  .Iiidge  Nathaniel 

b.  .fan.  22,  17«7.  Mai'ictta,  Ohio.  Pope,  Kaskaskia,  111. 

'•        Baylor,  KHzabcth 

Todd d.  of  Robert  Baylor. ..m.  Alex.  Tunstall,  Nor- 

b.  Oct.  7,  1780.  Essex  Co.,  Va.  folk,  Va. 

Baylor,  Maria 

Whitins d.  of  Robert  Baylor. ..m.  Wm.  T.  Brooke. 

b.  May  12,  178'.».  Essex  Co.,  Va.  d.  Nov.  22,  185 1. 

17'.i8... Browne,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Browne d.  at  Bclvidere. 

b.  1787.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Beach,  IlaiinaU d.  of  Nathan  Beach in.  AVin.  Baird,  Ber- 

b.  Dec    IT),  1785.  Luzerne  Co.,  Pa.  wick,  Pa. 

"       Boehlcr,  Fredericka 

11 d.  of  L.  F.  Boehler Bethlehem. 

b.  Feb.  2G,  1788.  Hope,  N.  .J. 

"       Browne,  Mary  M. d.  of  Abijah  Browne, 

b.  April  22,  1787.  Philadelphia. 

1799...Burrowes,  Mary d. of  Stephen  Burrowes, 

b.  Jan.  1786.  Philadelphia. 

1800. ..Butler,  Lvdia d.  of  CoL  Thos.  Butlcr...m.  Stokely  D.  Hays, 

b.  March  U,  1788.  U.S.A.  .Lackson,  Tenn. 

"       Butler,  Caroline d.  of  Capt.  Ed.  Butler.. .m.  John  Bell,  Nash- 

b.  June  15,  1787.  U.S.A.  ville,  Tenn. 

•'       Beck,  Susan d.  of  Paul  Beck m.  Daniel  Lammot, 

b.  Dec.  1785.  Philadelphia.  Baltimore. 

d. 
•'       Bininger,  Rebecca 

C d.  of  Abr.  Biningcr m.  Nathaniel  Sands. 

b.  Dec.  25,  1787.  New  York. 

Blcecker,  Eliza d.  of  .John  Bleeckcr.  ...m.  Grant  Powell, 

b.  Feb.  2,  1788.  Albany,  N.  Y.  Toronto,  C.  W. 

Bleecker,  Charlotte. .d.  of  John  151eecker. ...m.  Vinal  Luce,  Wash- 
b.  Feb.  22,  1783.  Albany,  N.  Y.  ington  City. 

"       Bowie,  Ann  A d.  of  Ralph  Bowie Philadelphia. 

b.  July  9,  1789.  York,  Pa. 

•'       Bruff,  Eliza d.  of  Jas.  Bruff,  U.S.A.. 

b.  Dec.  8,  1789.  Fort  Johnston. 

1801. ..Browne,  Ann d.  of  Wm.  Browne, 

b.  17;'0.  Philadelphia. 

Burk,  Eliza w.  of  .Jos.  Clay,  M.C., 

b.  1792.  Savannah,  Geo. 

•'       Brevitt,  Staccy 

Susannah sister  of  John  Brevitt, 

b.  Jan.  14,  1788.  Baltimore. 

"       Bethel!,  Elizabeth  ...d.  of  W.  Bethell,  New 
York. 

1802. ..Brown,  Elizabeth d.  of  Robert  Brown, 

b.  April  2,  1789.  New  York. 

"       Bustard,  Jane s.  of  John  Bustard, 

b.  Nov.  1787.  Kentucky. 


314  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1802...Boweu,  Elizabeth.. ..d.  of  Col.  Eph.  Bowen...m.  John  H.  Clarke. 

b.  March  24,  ITiSU.  Providence.  d.  July  3,  1827. 

1803...Bogardus,  Sarah 

Jay d.  of  Robert  Bogardus...m.  Com.  Foxhall  A. 

b.  Dec.  11,  1790.  New  York.  Parker,  U.S.N. 

"       Bowdoiii,  Louisa d.  of  P.  Bowdoin, 

b.  March  27,  1789.  Philadelphia. 

"       Bampfield,  Eliza  G. 

"       Brent,  Anna w.  of  Fred.  Williams.. ..m.  Samuel  Perkins, 

Petersburg,  Va.  Prince  George's  Co.. 

Va. 
d.  about  1812. 

Baum,  Salome d.  of  Andrew  Baum, 

b.  Dec.  21,  17U3.  Demarara,  S.  A. 

Bavlev,  Helen New  York. 

1804...Benninghove,  Cath.  ..Philadelphia, 
b.  17',»1. 
"       Benninghove,  Sarah..Philadelphia. 
b.  17U4. 

Brown,  Ann  W d.  of  Robert  Brown, 

b.  Jan.  1,  1792.  New  York. 

Bowes,  Juliet d.  of  .Jos.  Bowes, 

b.  1793.  Philadelphia. 

Bellost,  Ann w.  of  —  Rogers,  New 

b.  May  7,  179.5.  York. 

"       Bowen,  Harriet d.  of  AVm.  Bowen m.  Com.  C.  Morris, 

b.  Oct.  12,  1791.  Providence,  R.  I.  U.S. N.,  Washington 

City. 
"       Bellinger,  Margaret  ..d.  of  Daniel  Bedinger, 
b.  Jan.  30,  1792.  Norfolk,  Ya. 

Bedinger,  Elizabeth..d.  of  Daniel  Bedingfei', 
b.  Sept.  27,  1793.  Norfolk,  Va. 

"       Blick,  Eliza  C d.  of  .James  Blick, 

b.  Aug.  11,  1792.  Brunswick  Co.,  Va. 

1805...Bogert,  3Iagdalen 

Maria d.  of  Garret  Bogert m.  G.  L.  Dox,  Geneva. 

b.  Jan.  30,  179(3.  Albany,  N.  Y.  N.  Y. 

'•       Brown,  Isabella d.  of  Thos.  Brown m.  M.  A.  Finley,  M.D. 

b.  1792.  near  Chambers-  d. 

burg.  Pa. 

"       Bowen,  Sallie  B d.  of  Jabez  Bowen Bethlehem. 

b.  Dec.  29,  1791.  Providence,  R.  I. 

"       Bissell,  Eliza d.  of  Capt.  Daniel  Bis- 

b.  May  14,  1794.  sell.  New  York. 

"       Bissell,  Mary d.  of  Capt.  Daniel  Bis- 

b.  Oct.  19,  1796.  sell,  New  York. 

"       Bixbe,  Lucy d.  of  Col.  Moses  Bixbe, 

b.  1789.  Liberty,  Franklin 

Co.,  Ohio. 

1806... Brown,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Mrs.  Rebecca 

b.  1798.  Magee,  St.  Croix. 

W.  I. 

1808. ..Bartow,  Clarina d.  of  Basil  T.  Bartow, 

b.  Oct.  10,  1794.  New  York. 

"       Butler,  Mary  D d.  of  Benj.  Butler, 

b.  Jan.  8,  1797.  New  York. 


15ETIILEIIEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  315 

180n...Bardill,  Maria d.  of  Rev.  John m.  G.  IF.  Bute,  M.l), 

b.  Nov.  14,  17'.»9.  Hiiniill,  Nazaretli, 

Pa. 
Brown,  Mary 

lOli/.abeth d.  of  Rev.  N.  Brown. ..m.  .Joseph  Brotzmaii. 

1).  Oct.  20,  17'J8.  d. 

"       Bryan,  Eliza d.  of  Samuel  Bryan, 

1).  .Iiuie  lif),  17'.»7.  Philadelphia. 

"       Bryan,  Adeline 

Itachel d.  of  Samuel  Bryan, 

Piiiladelphia. 

1810. ..Boiler,  Maria  El d.  of  Frederick  Boiler. ..m.  1st,  Lawrence 

b.  Feb.  7,  1799.  Piiiladelphia.  Thomson ; 

'2d,  H.  (,}.  Jacobseii. 
Baltimore ; 

"       Boiler,  Eliza d.  of  .John  .J.  Boiler. ...m.  Charles  If.  Baker. 

b.  .June  Itj,  179U.  Piiiladelphia. 

"       Boiler,  Sarah d.  of  Fred.  Boiler m.  .Jan.  2"),  1820,  Abra- 

b.  Nov.  11,  1800.  Phikdelphia.  ham  Hitter. 

d.  April  9,  1828. 
1811...Bedinger,  Eliza- 
beth  d.  of  Geo.  M.  Bedinger, 

near  Blue  Lick 
Springs,  Nicholas 
Co.,  Ky. 
1812. ..Brown,  Charlotte 

T d.  of  Rev.  N.  Brown. ..m.  1823,  Charles  F. 

b.  .luly  28,  1802.  Staten  Island.  Beckel,  Bethlehem. 

"       Balch,  Anna d.  of  Rev.  Stephen  B...m.  .January  18,  1810, 

b.  Sept.  1,  1799.  Balch,  Georgetown.       James  C.  Wilson. 

'■       Borie,  Mary  C Philadelphia m.  —  Roge,  near  Bov- 

b.  August,  1805.  deaux,  France. 

181 3. ..Brazier,  Sarah  M w.  of  Elias  Haines, 

b.  July  2ti,  1803.  Elizabethtown,  N.  J. 

"       Beltzhoover,  Marg. ...d.  of  Jacob  Beltz- m.  Rody  Patterson. 

b.  Sept.  20,  1799.  hoover,  near  Pitts-        d. 

burg. 
"       Brown,  A.  Caroline. ..d.  of  Rev.  N.  Brown. ..Bethlehem. 
b.  March  18,  1805.  Staten  Island. 

1814. ..Basset,  Mary  VV d.  of  Isaac  Basset m.  Rev.  Peter  Kanous. 

b.  Feb.  19,  1805.  Newton,  Sussex  Co.,     Deekertown. 

N.  J.  d.  1845. 

"       Barney,  Sarah d.  of  Benjamin  Barney, 

b.  Jan.  20,  1800.  Warwick,  Orange 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Bright,  Elizabeth Philadelpliia m.  Riciiard  Vermillinu. 

b.  July  10,  1804. 
"       Butler,  Cornelia  A.. ..d.  of  Ben).  Butler, 
b.  Mai-cli  1,  ISOO.  New  York. 

1815. ..Buchanan,  Ann 

M'Kean w.  of  Jolin  Merry- 

b.  May  8,  1803.  man,  Baltimore. 

"       Bidlenian,Margarct..d.  of  Geo.  Bidleman...m.  — Elder. 
Easton,  Pa.  d.  1843. 

"       Bidlcnian,  Cath d.  of  Henry  Bidleman, 

b.  Nov.  27,  1800.  Sussex  Co.,  N.  J. 


'316  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

lSlG...Bulklcy,  Amelia J.  of  John  Bulkley m.  Stewart  Marsli, 

New  Haven.  New  York. 

a.  1835. 

•'       Boyle,  Hetty..... il.  of  Solomon  Boyle, 

New  York. 

Boiler,  Catharine <1.  of  John  J.  Boiler.... m.  Henry  J.  Kiehle. 

Philadelphia. 

"       Buchanan,  Ann New  York. 

"       Boyd,  Mary  Eliza d.  of  Mrs.  Sophia  Boyd. 

•'       Benton,  Stella d.  of  .Judge  Benton ra.  James  Mairs,  M.l).. 

Catskill,  N.  Y.  New  York. 

Blagdon,  Mary  Ann...d.  of  Geo.  W.  Blagdon. 

Brooke,  Ann d.  of  — Brooke, 

Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Brooke,  Mary d.  of— Brooke, 

Chester  Co.,  Pa. 
•'       Boggs,  Margery. 

1817...Benzen,  Eliza Baltimore m.  — Matthews. 

"       Bishop,  Elizabeth.. ..d.  of  D.  L.  Bishop, 
New  York. 

•'       Brinton,  Sarah  Ann... d.  of  Caleb  Brinton m.  1st,  Wm.  Gibbons, 

Del.  Co.,  Pa.  Chester  Co. 

2d,  —  Hickman. 

"       Brinton,  Mary  K d.  of  Thos.  H.  Brinton.. .m.  Geo.  Brinton,  West 

(Chester. 

Bigar,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Bigar, 

Newark,  N.  J. 

•'       Bacon,  Ann d.  of  Samuel  Bacon. ...m.  John  M'Cutchen. 

Washington  City. 

Beach,  Eliza  J d.  of  D.  Beach Hanover,  Morris  Co., 

Morris  Co.,  N.  J.  N.  J. 

•'       Beekman,  Jane  E....d.  of  —  Beekman m.  Jos.  Northrup,  Jr 

M.D.,  Columbia  Co.,     d.  Jan.  1857,  in  New- 
N.  Y.  ton,  N.  J. 

1818...Birdsall,  Sarah  A.  ...d.  of  B.  Birdsall, 

New  York. 

•'       BoAvie,  Camilla d.  of  Thos.  C.  Bowie. ..ni.  John  Somerville, 

Prince  George's  Co.,     d.  1836. 
Md. 

"       Bowie,  Emma d.  of  Thos.  C.  Bowie. ..m.  Richard  !Magruder. 

Prince  George's  Co..     near  Piscataway, 
Md.  Md. 

"       Bowie,  Matilda d.  of  Thos.  C.  Bowie. ..m.  Col.  Wm.  Green. 

Prince  George's  Co.,     Annapolis,  Md. 
Md. 
Bright,  Susannah 

H Gloucester  Co.,  Va. 

Baker,  Cath.  M New  York. 

b.  Oct.  28,  1805. 
Buchanan,  fllar- 

garet d.  of  AVm.  Buchanan, 

New  York. 

181I)...Biuns,  3Iary  Anne  ...d.  of  John  Binns m.  George  S.  Geyer. 

Philadelphia.  Philadelphia, 

d. 
Black,  Maria New  York m.  Francis  R.  Tillou. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  BIT 

1819...Brown,  Harriet d.  of  John  l^iwn ni   Thomas  Harper 

'  Phihiclelphm.  ih  about.  1KJ4,  at. 

New  Orleans. 

"       ^MaHa':.^"" d.  of  Tin,.  I'.arnanl n..  -  Wash,  Wih.m.g- 

near  .Savannah.  ton  Ishxnd. 

'•■       Bolt,  Jane  J d.  of  James  Belt, 

b.  June  12,  1807  Baltimore. 

"       Boyer,  CaroHiic d.  of  Philip  Boyer, 

Swamp  Church. 
Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

"      Brown,  Maria. 
18-^0... Barron,  Josephine  ...d.  of  Com.  James  Uar- 

ron,  U.S.N.,  Balti- 
more. 

"       Bosen,  Caroline Fredericktown   Md. 

"       Benson,  3Iary  Ann  ...d.  of  llichard  Benson...d.  March  9,  183o. 
b.  Jan.  24,  IBOU.  Philadelphia. 

Beardley,  Phebe 

<i  ^^,ni ^Monroe,  Sussex  Co u.  l»/o. 

b.  March  12,  1807.  N.  J. 

"       Brodhead,  Cath.  C.  ...d.  of  John  P,ro.lhead....m.  Lhjah  Thomas 
b.  Nov.  25,  1810.  Kiltaning,  Pa.  Spring,  Crawtora 

1821. ..Bidleman,  Eliza-  Co.,  Pa. 

Ijptlj Bidleinansvule,  N.  J. 

b.  1809. 

"       Bryan,  Sarah  F d.  of  Jonathan  Bryan, 

b.  Sept.  1807.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

"       ^l!aHr"ett^''."' d.  of  llichard  Brenan...m.  -  Schult/,,  Ohio. 

b.  March  12,  1809.  South  Carolina. 

1822. ..Bedford,  Eleanor 

j^nn d.  of  Mrs.  Geo.  Camp- 

b.  Dec.  23,  1808.  bell,  Baltimore. 

"       Beckel,  Louisa d.  of  Godfrey  Beckel. 

Philadelphia. 

"       Brenan,  Amelia 

(^•ar d.  of  Richard  Brenan, 

b.'sept.  1,  1810.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

"       Burns,  3Iary d.  of  Benjamin  Burns. 

b.  Feb.  11,  18111.  Washington  City. 

"       Bailey,  Jane d.  of  Jesse  Bailey, 

b.  Oct.  20,  1808.  Philadelphia.  ^ 

"       Bishop,  Anjjelina d.  of  Chas.  D.  Bishop...m.  Adam  Giering. 

b.  Oct.  20,"^1812.  Bethlehem.  d.  1852. 

-   182.3. ..Bosks,  Fanny  M d.  of  Rev.  John  Boggs, 

b.  Dec.  6,  1808.                P.oundbrook,  N.  J. 
"       Butler,  Phebe  H Wilkes-Barrc m.  ^■^-^^^^'^:^l^- 

h     ISIO  U.  lo->l,  o.  .IjOUIS.  i»i". 

••       Bonnet,  Boadicea Newcastle,  Delaware. 

b.  isia. 

•'      Benfer,  Mary  .4nn d.  of  J.  C.  Renter, 

b.  June  1,  IHi:;.  Philadelphia. 

Beach,  Henrietta d.  of  Samuel  Beach, 

b.  Aug.  29.  1S(I8.  N.  J. 

"       Bourne,  Marv d.  of  Rev.  Steplien 

b.  June  14,  1811.  Bourne,  German- 

town. 


318  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1S24... Bailey,  Mary  W d.  of  Chester  Bailey, 

b.  1813.  Philadelphia. 

Brav,  Susanna  A m-  John  B.  Taylor. 

b.  ^ov.  1811. 

Bellas,  Ann  C d.  of  Hugh  Bellas m.  1835,  M.  A.  Rod- 

b.  May  12,  1811.  Sunbury,  Pa.  rigue,  M.D.,  Le- 

compton,  Kansas. 

18l'o...Berg,  Eliza d.  of  Rev.  —  Berg m.  —  Brown,  Indiana. 

b.  May  28,  1817.  of  Antigua,  W.  I. 

Brandt,  Ann d.  of  Jacob  Brandt, 

b.  July  22,  1810.  Baltimore. 

Butz,  Abyssinia d.  of  David  Butz m.  AVm.  H.  Harmany. 

b.  Jan.  7,  1810.  Easton,  Pa. 

Bowen,  Harriet d.  of  Henry  Bowen m.  1847,  Chas.  Chenej-, 

b.  Nov.  28,  1811.  Providence,  R.  I.  Manchester,  Conn. 

Breck,  Eliza d.  of  George  Breck m.  Samuel  Reed,  M.D.. 

b.  :\Iay  10,  1815.  Bustletou,  Pa.  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

Beitel,  Aunabella d.  of  John  Beitel m,  George  Knauss. 

b.  Sept.  13,  1813.  Nazareth,  Pa. 

1826... Brewer,  Mary  U g.  d.  of  John  Titus, 

b.  Dec.  30,  1814.  Long  Island. 

Bolles,  Enieline d.  of  Matthew  BoUes, 

b.  April  2,  1813.  Petit  Gulf,  Jefferson 

Co.,  Miss. 

Bisland,  Susan d.  of  Peter  Bisland, 

b.  1814.  Natchez,  Miss. 

Brewer,  Eliza  S Long  Island. 

b.  Dec.  30,  1814. 

Burt,  Alice d.  of  Nathaniel  Burt, 

b.  June  28,  1815.  Philadelphia. 

Burt,  Mary d.  of  Nathaniel  Burt, 

b.  March  9,  1818.  Philadelphia. 

Bulkley,  Eliza  F d.  of  A.  Bulkley, 

b.  June  8,  1817.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Baker,  Emma d.  of  Chas.  H.  Baker. ..m.  Rev.  Theophilus 

b.  Oct.  24,  1810.  Philadelphia.  Stork. 

Buerhouse,  Maria 

Louisa d.  of  Daniel  Buerhouse, 

b.  April  18,  1819.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

"       Bailey,  Chlorine d.  of  Chester  Bailey, 

b.  July,  1817.  Philadelphia. 

1827...Bads;er,  Sarah d.  of  Samuel  Badger. ,.m. 

b.  1811.  Philadelphia.  d. 

"       Badger,  Ellen d.  of  Samuel  Badger. ..m.  John  Roberts, 

b.  1817.  Philadelphia.  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

"       Bolden,  Abby  L d.  of  Samuel  Bolden, 

b.  July  15,  1812.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"       Britton,  Ann d.  of  Wm.  Britton, 

Philadelphia. 

"       Bentley,  Mary d.  of  Lachlan  B.  Bent- 

b.  Dec.  21,  1811.  ley,  Washington  Co., 

Pa. 

Baylies,  Mary  M d.  Robert  Baylies, 

b.  Dec.  31,  1813.  Kingston.  N.  J. 

Broom,  Virgilia d.  of  Jas.  M.  Broom. ..d.  1833. 

Philadelphia. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMIXAllY.  311« 

1827. ..Beck,  Ann  C W'^ck  Sw.anip,  San- 

b    Sept    •'■'>    1815.  dusky  ("o.,  Ohio. 

-  Bibb,  Alm'ira d-  "f  «ov.  lUbb m.  183.5,  G.  E.  Mills. 

b.  Dec.  24.  ISIG.  Huntsville,  Ala. 

■•       Ripck  Lizetta <1.  of  Kev.  —  Hleck m.  Israel  Rickseckcr, 

Bleck,  Lizetta...  Oraceham,  Md.  Canal  Dover,  Ohio. 

(1.  18.').3. 

"       Binns,  Hannah d.  of  John  IJinns d. 

Philadelphia. 

-  Bidleman,  Maria d.  of  Hen, y  Bidleman...m.- Stapler.  Trenton, 

b.  April  18.  1814.  Easton.  I'a.  >•  •'• 

"       Bennet,  EJiza  M d.  of  Stephen  Bennet...m.  .Limes  M  Keen. 

V)   1^11  Easton,  Pa.  d.  j».jO. 

]828...Brown,  Maria  M d.  of  Michael  Brown...ni.r.  Ellis,  Tarrytown, 

b.  April  14,  181t;.  Kahway,  N.  J.  >•  »• 

Baker,  Ann  Eliza w.  of  Silas  Yerkes, 

Pliiladelpliia. 

•  Beehler,  Susanna d.  of  Tobias  Beehler, 

Philadelphia. 

1829. ..Bate,  Lucy  Ann d.  of  .James  S.  Bate, 

b.  Nov.  27.  181-3.  Louisville,  Ky. 

•  Bangs,  3Iary  Ann d.  of  Elijah  Bangs, 

b.  June  15,  1817.  Philadelphia. 

1880...Boyer,  Anna  M d.  of  —  Boyer   M.D., 

]3    1816  Snowhill,  Md. 

••       Baylor,  Ann  Maria...w.  of  John  Yates m.  J   N.  Walke,  Nor- 

b.  Oct.  21,  1817.  Charlestown,  \  a.  folk,  V  a. 

d.  Aug.  11,  184".'. 

..      Bem„„J».ia„a  W.-.-Ene  Co.,  Pa "  ,!f  l.ii;^:',!"''- 

d.  1839. 

]832...Bartle,  Louisa  A Orwigsburg.  Pa. 

b.  Jan.  27,  1817.  ^  ,     ^  ^^ 

-       Bishop,  Hannah  M.  ...d.  of  Job  Bishop m.  John  Patterson 

b    Sept    10,1819.  Edgemont,  DeL  Co.,      Goshen,  Chester  Lo.. 

Pa.  l*a. 

1833...Beach,MaryEl d.  of  Ephraim  Beach, 

b.  Dec.  in,  1820.  Newark,  N.  J. 

•'       Bishop,  Sarah w.  of  Richard  Ronald-.,  m.  (  harles  Steedman, 

b.  Jan.  5,  1821.  son.  Philadelphia.  U.S.N. 

"       Bagc,  Eliz.  Irene d.  of  Robert  Bage, 

b   Nov   1823.  New  York. 

•'       Blair,  Sarah  L w.  of  Jas.  K.  Sw.ayze...m.  Thomas  Bunting. 

I,.  1823.  Hope,  N.  J.  d.  18.jG. 

"       Brooks,  Sarah  F d.  of  James  Brooks. 

b.  May  28,  1823.  U.S.N..  Norfolk,  ^  a. 

1834...Briggs,  Eliz.  S Detroit,  Michigan. 

b.  Dec.  22,  1822. 

■•       Beman,  Louisa  C d.  of  Rev.  N.  S.  Beman, 

b.  Oct.  23,  1824.  Troy.  N.  \. 

Burgess,  Phebe New  York. 

18.35...Barnes,  Susan  Jane. ..New  York, 
b.  Nov.  25.  1822. 

"      Bininger,  Harriet  t-    ,     at  n 

B  d.  of  Jacob  Bininger. ..m.  —  Fisk,  M.D., 

b.'Aug.  5,  1823.  New  York.  Northampton,  Mass. 


320  CATALOGUE    OF    PUI'ILS    AT    THE 

1835...Biiiinjfcr,  Marv  C tl.  of  Jacob  ]'>iiuiigcr...in.  —  Smith, 'M.D 

h.  Feb.  2H,  1825.  New  York.  Nrw  York. 

"       Brooks,  Eliz.  H tl.  of  John  S.  Brooks, 

b.  July,  182.'5.  Blooming  Grove. 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 
"       Beiijaniiu,  Frances. ..d.  of  Meigs  D.  Ben-....d.  Oct.  18.  1848. 
jaman,  Bridgeport, 
Conn. 

"       Burke,  Maria  E d.  of  Joseph  Burke m.  John  T.  Knight. 

b.  Feb.  14,  182:^.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Budd,  Lucy  Ann Mount  Holly,  N.  J d.  1838. 

b.  May  13,  1819. 

"       Budd,  Mary  D. Mount  Holly,  N.  J m.  —  Parvin, 

b.  Dec.  13,  1821.  Philadelphia. 

"       Binini^er,  Agones  C'....d.  of  Jacob  Bininger...m.  David  Wagstaff. 

b.  Jan.  2'.l,l82G.  New  York. 

"       Bininger,  Charlotte 

M d.  of  Jacob  Bininger...ni.  Daniel  B.  Dash. 

b.  Nov.  20,  1828.  New  York. 

1836...Butterworth,  Sarah 

Ann d.  of  JohnButterworth, 

b.  Sept.  14.  1820.  Philadelphia. 

"       Bug£^,  Emily d.  of  Peter  T.  Bugg, 

b.  1821.  Columbus,  Muscogee 

Co.,  Geo. 

"       Barton,  Caroline  M...d.  of  John  Barton m.  Aug.  21,  1840,  Ed- 

b.  Nov.  5,  1820.  Bloomsburg,  Pa.  win  W.  Payne, 

Pliiladelphia. 
d.  May  G,  18-52. 
"       Battin,  Ann  Catha- 
rine  d.  of  John  Batlin. 

b.  March  15,  1824.  New  York. 

"       Brown,  Mary  Miles. ..w.  of  Wm.  Wadsworth, 
b.  Dec.  20,  1825.  Philadelphia. 

1837...Brinckle,  Adriana....d.  of  W.  D.  Brinckle, 
b.  1826.  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

"       Bertsch,  Caroline d.  of  Daniel  Bertsch...m.  John  Leisenriug, 

b.  May  1,  1825.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.         Fillmore.  Luzerne 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Bishop,  Henrietta.  ...d.  of  Jas.  B.  Bishop. ..m.  John  C.  Carmichael. 
b.  July,  1824.  Augusta,  Geo.  d.  April  10,  1854. 

"       Bishop,  Mary  A d.  of  Jas.  B.  Bishop. ..m.  Wm.  A.  Alexandei-. 

b.  Sept.  1820.  Augusta,  Geo. 

"       Banks,  Marjjaret 

Ann Philadelphia. 

b.  Dec.  1825. 

1838...Barras,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  B.  Barras...m.  Thos.  S.  Martin 

b.  July,  1825.  Philadelphia. 

"       Bunker,  Catharine... w.  of  Capt.  Bethuel 

Bunker,  N.  Y. 

"       Beach,  Jane d.  of  Chillion  Beach  ...m.  1844,  Samuel  Kin;. 

b.  Jan.  7,  1823.  Rockaway,  N.  J.  California. 

'■       Barnes,  Eliza w.  of  Robt.  S.  Barnes, 

b.  1820.  New  York. 

"       Brooks,  Mary  J d.  of  John  S.  Brooks, 

b.  1832.  Blooming  Grove, 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 


RETHLEirRM    FEMALE    SENflXARV 


!-:i 


1839. ..Booth,  Julia  Ann Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

b.  1H24. 

"       Banks,  Eliz'th  1*1 d.  of  Hon.  Jno.  Banks...fl.  18')]. 

b.  1824.  Heading,  Pa. 

1840...Bebee,  Mary  M.  ItI....Ncw  York, 
b.  June  12,  1820. 

"       Burgess,  Mary d.  of  Richard  Burgess.  ..m.  —  Taylor,  Ohio. 

b.  Dec.  25,  1827.  Washington  City. 

"       Burgess,  Anna d.  of  Richard  Burgess. 

b.  Dec.  25,  18r.O.  Washington  (.'ity. 

"       Burhans,  Amelia d.  of  .Tacob  Burhans...d.  Aug.  19,  1848. 

b.  .Tan.  1,  182*;.  Kingston,  Ulster 

Co.,  N.  Y. 
"       Burhans,  Elsie 

Ann d.  of  Jacob  Burhans. ..m.  Feb.  ?>.  1857,  Frodo- 

b.  Jan.  1,  1828.  Kingston,  Ulster  rick  L.  Wcstbrook. 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

'•       Bush,  Amanda d.  of  J.  Bush. 

1 841. . .Brodrick,  Mary  Ann... d.  of  Jas.  Brodrick m.  D.  D.  Brodhead. 

b.  Dec.  14,  1827.  Summit  Hill,  Pa.  Pliiladelphia. 

'*       Bender,  Almira  F.  ...d.  of  Chas.  W.  Bender.. .m.  W.  H.  Hurler, 
b.  1830.  Philadelphia. 

"       Bicking,MaryA.R....d.  of  G.  H.  Bicking m.  June  1,  1845.  Wm. 

b.  May  21,  1829.  Philadelphia.  Brisbane,  M.D.. 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

1842. ..Baton,  Mary  E d.  of  A.  Baton, 

b.  Nov.  1828.  Philadelphia. 

"       Beall,  Mary  Yates 

Keyes d.  of  G.  B.  Beall.  Jef- 

b.  Jan.  1,  1829.                ferson  Co..  Va. 
1844... Bills,  3Iary  Caro- 
line  d.  of  J.  H.  Bills m.  Robert  H.  Wood. 

b.  Oct.  25,  1828.  Bolivar.  Tenn. 

"       Brown,  Sarah 

Frances d.  of  Col.  Jas.  Brown. ..m.  Jan.  1851,  AY.  F. 

Oxford,  Fayette  Avent.. 

Co.,  Miss. 
"       Brown,  Martha 

Fredonia d.  of  Col.  Jas.  Brown...m.  Dec.  1849,  IT.  W. 

Twins,  b.  March  24,       Oxford,  Fayette  Walter.  TTolly 

1830.  Co..  Miss.  Springs.  Miss. 

1845. ..Beach,  Cornelia d.  of  C.  B.  Beach.  Beach 

b.  Sept.  22,  1830.  Glen,  Morris  Co., 

N.  J. 

"       Bertsch,  Emmelinc.d.  of  D.  Bertsch m.  James  Polk. 

b.  Dec.  7.  1829.  Mauch  Chunk.  Pa. 

"       Barnet,  Sarah  A d.  of  David  Barnet, 

b.  July  19,  1833.  Philadelphia. 

"       Brown,  Mary  A d.  of  D.  Brown.  M.D.. 

b.  Feb.  2(5,  1832.  Bastrop,  Texas. 

Brown,  Ann  W d.  of  Col.  Jas.  Brown. ...m.  Aug.  1854.  AV.  F. 

b.  July  29.  1832.  Oxford,  Miss.  Dowd,  Aberdeen. 

Monroe  Co.,  Mis'. 

1846...Boileau,  Jane d.  of  Daniel  Boileau, 

Monroe,  Bucks  Co., 
Pa. 
21 


■322  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

] 840. ..Bridge,  Anna  T d.  of  Edm.  T.  Bridge, 

b.  Aug.  21,  1830.  Augusta,  Maine. 

•'       Baum,  Rosabella d.  of  P.  C.  Baum, 

b.  Oct.  25,  1802.  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

•'       Browne,  Clara d.  of  Mrs.  Clarissa 

Browne,  Somers 
P.  0.,  West  Chester 
Co.,  N.  Y. 
Bauersachs,Sabina...d.  of  J.  N.  Bauersachs, 
Philadelphia. 

Beamon,  Sarah  L d.  of  N.  Beamon,  Suf- 

b.  Feb.  2'J,  1832.  folk,  Nansimond  Co., 

Va. 

1847. ..Bridge,  Octavia d.  of  Edm.  T.  Bridge. ..d.  1853. 

b.  Aug.  14,  1832.  Augusta,  Maine. 

•'       Bidlack,  Mary d.  of  B.  A.  Bidlack m.  .James  M.  Pieed. 

b.  March  10,  1832.  AVilkes-Barre,  Pa.  Philadelphia. 

"       BoAvers,  Frances d.  of  Bartholomew m.  Wm.  Fowler,  M.D. 

Bowers,  Middleburg      d.  1855. 
P.  0.,  Hardeman 
Co.,  Tenn. 

Biery,  Catharine d.  of  S.  Biery,  Lehigh. ..m.  —  Beck,  Catasau- 

b.  Oct.  4,  1834.  Co.,  Pa.  qua.  Pa, 

•'       Bethea,  Mary  A d.  of  T.  B.  Bethea, 

b.  Oct.  7,  1833.  Camden,  Wilcox  Co., 

Ala. 

•       Bethea,  Sarah  C d.  of  T.  B.  Bethea, 

b.  May  8,  1835.  Camden,  AVilcox  Co., 

Ala. 

•'       Boas,  Sarah  Eliz'th..d.  of  J.  D.  Boas Harrisburg. 

b.  Dec.  3,  1833.  Allentown,  Pa. 

Bedell,  Aletta  C d.  of  Israel  Bedell, 

b.  Aug.  19,  1833.  Basken  Ridge, 

Somerset  Co.,  N.  J, 
Bernhard,  Amanda. ..d.  of  J.  S.  Bernhard, 
b.  Sept.  28,  1832.  Alsace,  Berks  Co., 

Pa. 

"       Baum,  Mary  A d.  of  J.  F.  Baum,  M.D...Reading. 

b.  Sept.  20,  1833.  Brownfieldsville, 

Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

Brown,  Anna d.  of  Moses  Brown m.  Edward  Ivins, 

b.  1829.  Morrisville,  Bucks         Penn's  Manor. 

Co.,  Pa. 

•'       Bridge,  Clara  A d.  of  Edm.  T.  Bridge, 

b.  Sept.  9,  1834.  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

1848...Bellerjeau,Caroline..d.  of  Henry  Bellerjeau, 
b.  Aug.  15,  1834.  Philadelphia. 

Bleck,  MaryE d.  of  Rev.  Charles  A. 

b.  June  22,  1835.  Bleck. 

1849...Bleck,  Charlotte  A.... d.  of  Rev.  Charles  A. 
b.  April  12,  1837.  Bleck. 

•'       Bleck,  S.  Cornelia  ...d.  of  Rev.  Charles  A. 

b.  May  4,  1839.  Bleck. 

•'       Byrnes,  Mary  E.  C.  ...d.  of  Thos.  H.  Byrnes, 
b.  May  7,  1836.  New  York. 

•'       Byrnes,  Latilla  A d.  of  Thos.  H.  Byrnes, 

b.  Aug.  3,  1837.  New  York. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  328 

1f*40...Bvrnes,  Emily  A J.  of  Thos.  H.  Byrnes, 

b.  Jan.  31,  1841.  New  York. 

Bcrtsch,  Harriet d.  of  D.  Bertsch m.  Samuel  B.  Price. 

b.  Feb.  10,  1884.  iMauch  Chunk,  Pa. 

Breinig,  Eliza  R cl-  of  John.!.  Breinig...Allentown,  Pa. 

b.  Oct.  8,  1835.  Breinigsville,  Lehigh 

<^o.,  Pa. 

■       Burton,  Bettie g.  <l.  of  And.  Joyner....m.  William  Wiggins. 

b.  Feb.  1836.  Weldon,  Granville 

Co.,  N.  C. 
1S.')()... Broom,  Frances 

Virgilia d.  of  Jacob  Broom m.  N.  H.  Marcellus, 

b.  May  12,  1834.  Philadelphia.  M.D.,  Superior  City. 

Wisconsin. 

Baldwin,  Rachel 

Ann d.  of  M.  F.  Baldwin.. ..m.  —  Ayres,  Morris- 

b.  March  16,  1834.  Lesser  X  Roads  P.O.,     town. 

Somerset  Co.,  N.  J. 

Bonncll,  Joanna  R.  -d.  of  A.  V.  Bonnell m.  John  Clossin,  Cin- 

b.  1833.  Flemington,  N.  J.  cinnati. 

'•       Broom,  Helen  F d.  of  .Jacob  Broom m.  Charles  Hacker. 

b.  May  11.  1838.  Philadelphia. 

"       Bonnell,  Mary  W d.  of  A.  V.  Bonnell, 

b.  Dec.  10,  1835.  Flemington,  N.  J. 

"       Buffington,  Sarah      • 

Jane d.  of  H.  C.  Buffington.. .Ottawa,  111, 

b.  Sept.  21,  1839.  Flemington,  N.  J. 

Bickcl,  Ann  Maria  ...d.  oft  Levi  Bickel. 
b.  May,  1837.  Jonestown,  Lebanon 

Co.,  Pa. 

1S.-,1,  .Bieber,  Sophia d.  of  J.  S.  Bieber, 

b.  Aug.  1838.  Kutztown.  Pa. 

-       Blackwell,  Sarah  G.  ..d.  of  Thos.  Blackwell...d.  1852. 
b.  May,  1838.  North  Branch  P.  0., 

Somerset  Co.,  N.  J. 

Bewley,  Phebe stepd.  of  — Lott,M.D., 

b.  1835.  Quakertown,  Pa. 

Barkeloo,  Harriet  J...d.  of  T.  S.  Barkeloo  ...m.  Charles  E.  Bucking- 
b.  Nov.  1835.  Brooklyn,  L.  L  ham,  San  Francisco. 

California. 
Barkeloo,  Joanna  B..d.  of  T.  S.  Barkeloo, 
b.  July,  1837.  Brooklyn.  L.  I. 

Brown,  Eliz'th  L g.  d.  of  Chas.  Wood.. ..Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 

b.  1833.  New  York. 

••       Bntz,  Matilda d.  of  M.  Butz,  Easton, 

b.  May  5,  1837.  Pa. 

"       Barr,  Anna  P s.  d.  of  W.  C.  Mullen, 

b.  Dec.  16,  1834.  Philadelphia. 

Beale,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  Beale, 

b.  Oct.  1,  1836.  Brooklyn. 

Brickenstein,  Ellen 

W d.of  J.  C.  Brickenstein, 

b.  Dec.  6,  1840.  Nazareth,  Pa. 

•'       Bean,  Rachel  \V w.  of  B.  E.  Chain,  Nor- 

b.  1835.  ristown,  Pa. 

18.'>2...Bidlack,  Blanche d.  of  B.  A.  Bidlack, 

b.  Jan.  27,  1838.  Wilkes-BarrC-,  Pa. 


324  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

lSo2...Boggs,  Isabel  A d.  of  John  Boggs, 

b.  Feb.  2(3,  18;J8.  Chambersbiirg.  Pa. 

Bender,  Lizzie d.  of  Chas.  W.  Bender, 

b.  Aug.  12,  IHS'J.  Philadelphia. 

"       Beunet,  Louisa d.  of  W.  W.  Bennet ni.  Wm.  T.  Hiilse.' 

b.  Aug.  31,  1838.  Port  Jefferson,  L.  L 

•'       Belford,  Celinda d.  of  George  Belford, 

b.  Sept.  23,  1838.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa. 

Bast,  Elizabeth d.  of  Gideon  Bast, 

b.  Sept.  10,  1832.  Schuylkill  Haven. 

Pa. 

Bast,  Amanda d.  of  Gideon  Bast. 

b.  March  16,  1835.  Schuylkill  Haven, 

Pa. 

Buckman,  Louisa d.  of  Monroe  Buckman. 

b.  Feb.  lit,  1836.  Doylestown,  Pa. 

18')3...Bergen,  Eliz'thC d.  of  Geo.  W.  Bergen. 

b.  Nov.  23,  1839.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Bleidorn,  Louisa d.  of  Mrs.  L.  Bleidorn. 

b.  Nov.  28,  1838.  New  York. 

"       Bleidorn,  Wilhel- 

mina d.  of  Mrs.  L.  Bleidorn 

b.  Oct.  18,  1841.  New  York. 

"       Briekeustein,  Ann. ...d.  of  J.  C.  Bricken-....m.  Aug.  1857,  llev.  C 
stein.  -  Edward  Kluge. 

''       Bringhurst,  Jane d.  of  John  H.  Bring-. ..m.  James  Verree. 

b.  May  21,  1836.  hurst,  Philadelphia.      d.  July,  1857. 

"       Bringhurst,  Mary  E...d.  of  John  H.  Bring- 

b.  Oct.  22,  183U.  hurst,  Philadelphia. 

'•       Bringhurst, Rebecca. .d.  of  John  H.  Bring- 
b.  Aug.  'J,  1841.  hurst,  Philadelphia. 

Bush,  Eliza d.  of  A.  Bush,  M.D., 

b.  Dec.  19,  1836.  Seltzer's  Store, 

Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Butler,  Sophia n.  of  Wm.  Euston, 

b.  Sept.  24,  1841.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

•'       Boyer,  Emma d.  of  Mrs.  Lydia  Boyer. 

b.  Sept.  29,  1837.  New  Village,  Warren 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

Beale,  Elizabeth n.  of  Mrs.  Caroline 

b.  Nov.  24,  1839.  Beale,  Philadelphia. 

Bartlett,  Marion d.  of  Nathan  Bartlctt. 

b.  Feb.  1839.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Beehler,  Charlotte 

M d.  of  Francis  Beehler. 

b.  March  24,  1840.  Baltimore,  Md. 

"  »  Beckel,  Rosalia d.  of  Chas.  F.  Beckel, 

Bethlehem,  Pa. 

■'       Barnes,  Sarah d.  of  J.  Barnes,  Rich- 

b.  April  25,  1837.  mond  P.  0.,  Staten 

Island. 
1854...Barkeloo,  Lemma.  ...d.  of  T.  J.  Barkeloo, 
b.  March  20,  1840.  Brooldyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Barker,  Frances  C....d.  of  AVm.  Bai-ker, 
b.  Feb.  1,  1842.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"      Brogden,  Ada  F d.  of  Mrs.  E.  Levens, 

b.  Jan.  1,  1840.  New  Orleans. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMIXAKY, 

li*.'i4..  Brnnncr,  Ann 

Eliza <1.  of  George  Bruiiner, 

b.  Oct.  2,  1836.  Doylestown,  Pa. 

"       Bush,  Caroline d.  of  A.  Bush,  M.D., 

b.  Aug.  20,  1838.  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Buck,  Elizabeth d.  of  R.  Buck,  Jack- 

b.  Sept.  13,  1830.  sonville,  Lehigh  Co., 

Pa. 

1 8')'). ..Brown,  Anna  E n.  of  .T.  M.  Davis, 

b.  April  12,  1838.  New  York. 

Butler,  MaryD d.  of  T.  R.  Butler, 

b.  Dec.  6,  1841.  New  York. 

Backer,  Charlotte  L.Dcraerara,  S.  A. 
b.  Dec.  11,  1840. 
•^       Bunting,  Hannah  S...d.  of  C.  P.  Bunting, 
b.  Sept.  25,  1840.  Marcus  Hook,  Pa. 

Bush,  Louisa  V d.  of  George  Bush, 

b.  Dec.  21,  1840.  Wilmington,  Del. 

••       Bunker,  Mary  N d.  of  Mrs.  F.  Bunker, 

b.  Sept.  21,  1841.  Fairfield,  Conn. 

"       Balliet,  Emma  E d.  of  H.  Balliet,  North 

b.  Oct.  o,  1842.  Whitehall  P.  0., 

Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

Beebe,  Sarah  J d.  of  .James  W.  Beebe, 

b.  Feb.  6,  1830.  New  York. 

Blickensderfer, 

LydiaA d.  of  .Jacob  Blickens- 

b.  May  26,  183G.  derfer.  New  Phila- 

delphia, Ohio. 

18oG...Bell,  Martha  C n.  of  -L  Marshall,  Ger- 

b.  July  21,  1838.  mantown,  Pa. 

'^       Bigler,'Emily  J d.  of  Rev.  D.  Bigler, 

b.  :March  20,  184t).  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Brooks,  Mary  C d.  of  Chas.  E.  Brooks, 

b.  Oct.  18,  1838.  Blooming  Grove, 

N.  Y. 

'•       Brooks,  Annie  W d.  of  F.  B.  Brooks, 

b.  March  1,  1841.  Blooming  Grove, 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

••       Butz,  Emma  L, d.  of  George  Butz,  .Jr., 

b.  Nov.  5,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

Bruen,  Julia d.  of  Mrs.  S.  Bruen, 

b.  Oct.  20,  1840.  Newark,  N.  .L 

Bennett,  Irene  A d.  of  Orlando  Bennett, 

b.  Oct.  30,  1843.  New  York. 

Baugh,  Anna d.  of  John  Baugh, 

b.  Feb.  24,  1830.  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

Bergen,  Ellen  M d.  of  Teunis  Bergen, 

b.  Sept.  17,  1842.  Cresco,  Long  Island. 

Boyer,  Annie d.  of  Thos.  M.  Boyer, 

b.  July  26,  1840  Caroline  Centre, 

N.  Y. 
Bachman,  Caroline 

S d.  of  Rev.  H.  C.  Bach- 

b.  Sept.  16,  1845.  man,  Gnadenhutten, 

Ohio. 
1857...  Bayard,  Tirginia  W...d.  of  Samuel  J.  Bayard, 
b.  Feb.  6,  1842.  Woodbury,  N.  J. 


326  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1857. ..Black, Emma L d.  of  R.  P.  Black, 

b.  Nov.  8,  1843.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Bray,  Charlotte d.  of  John  G.  Bray, 

b.  June,  1843.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

"       Bray,  Mary d.  of  John  G.  Bray, 

b.  April,  1845.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

"       Barnet,  Mary  N d.  of  Wm.  Barnet, 

b.  Feb.  1844.  Easton,  Pa. 

Bennet, Emily  B.K...d.  of  B.  S.  B.  Bennet, 

b.  Sept.  1846.  New  York. 

"      Benade,  Hetty  H d.  of  James  H.  Benade, 

b.  Nov.  1849.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Benade,  Sallie  M d.  of  James  H.  Benade. 

b.  Dec.  1850.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Barndt,  Emma Bethlehem,  Pa. 

b.  Aug.  3,  1842. 
"       Brown,  Sarah d.  of  John  Brown, 

b.  1841.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

•'       Brown,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  Brown, 

b.  1843.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Baldwin,  Emily  R.  ...d.  of  C.  Baldwin, 

b.  June  23,  1842.  Orange,  N.  J. 

Bethell,  Mary  Vir-      d.  of  AVm.  Decatur 

ginia Bethell,  Staceysville, 

b.  Aug.  16,  1841.  N.  C. 

"       Burnell,  Cordelia d.  of  Eli  Burnell, 

b.  April  14,  1841.  Philadelphia. 

"       Beach,  Emma  L d.  of  Lewis  Beach, 

b.  Jan.  21,  1843.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1787...Cockey,  Ruth Baltimore m.  —  Winchester. 

"       Cox,  Maria d.  of  Mrs.  Maria  Cox, 

Baltimore. 
1789. ..Campbell,  Jemima. ..d.  of  John  Campbell, 
b   Feb.  19,  1780.  New  York. 

"       Currie,  Ann d.  of  Archibald  Curric.m.  —  Rapelje,  Fi.sh- 

b.  Sept.  13,  1777.  New  York.  kill,  N.  Y. 

"       Chester,  Elizabeth... d.  of  John  Chester m.  June  8,  1807,  E.  V. 

b.  Nov.  10,  1774.  Weathersfield,  Conn.     Backus. 

d. 

1790...Cockburn,  Cath d.  of  Wm.  Cockbm'n...m.  John  Tremper,  Au- 

near  Esopus,  N.  Y.       burn,  N.  Y. 

d.  1842,  at  Port 
Byron,  N.  Y, 

"       Colden,  Catharine.... New  York m.  —  Cooper. 

"       Cornell,  Margaret Long  Island. 

1791. ..Cooper,  Kitty d.  of  Mrs.  Hannah 

Cooper, 
Philadelphia. 

Cooper,  Maria d.  of  Mrs.  Hannah 

Cooper, 
Philadelphia. 
"       Chenevard,  Hepzi- 

bah d.  of  John  Chenevard, 

Hartford,  Conn. 
1792. ..Coleman,  Elizabeth..d.  of  Robert  Coleman. ..m.  Chas.  Hall,  Muncy, 

near  Lancaster,  Pa.       Lycoming  Co.,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  327 

1793. ..Chester,  Mary d.  of  John  Chester m.  June  8,  180C,  E. 

b.  April  20,  1779.  Weathersfield,  Conn.     Welles,  Brattlcboro. 

Vt. 

"       Crowley,  Eleaiiora... Charleston,  S.  C m.  to  3d  husband, 

b.  Jan.  15,  1734.  —  Glenn. 

Clark,  Mildred d.  of  John  Clark m.  —  Bedinger,  Berke- 

York.  ly  Co.,  Va. 

Cooper,  Catharine. ..d.  of  A.  Cooper ra.  —  Beach. 

b.  Dec.  21,  1778.  Rhinebeck,  N.  Y. 

"       Chabert,  Mary d.  of  Charles  Chabert, 

b.  March  25,  1784.  St.  Croix,  AV.  I. 

1794...Comegys,  Ann n.of Cornelius Comegys, 

b.  March  21,  1780.  Philadelphia. 

"       Caldwell,  Jane d.  of  James  Caldwell. ..m.  —  Sewell,  Montreal. 

b.  Dec.  4,  1780.  Albany,  N.  Y.  C.  E. 

d. 

Carey,Eliza d.  of  Col.  Richard 

b.  Sept.  26,  1782.  Carey,  New  York. 

Carey,  Ann d.  of  Col.  Richard 

b.  Sept.  24,  1783.  Carey,  New  York. 

1796. ..Colt,  Sarah d.  of  Peter  Colt,  Pat- 

b.  Jan.  22,  1782.  terson,  N.  J. 

"      Christie,  Eliza d.  of  Gabriel  Christie, 

b.  March  29,  1787.  Havre  de  Grace,  Md. 

1797. ..Colt,  Catharine d.  of  Peter  Colt,  Pat- 

b.  May  16,  1784.  terson,  N.  J. 

Chabert,  Jeannette...d.  of  Charles  Chabert, 
b.  Oct.  21,  1787.  St.  Croix,  W.  L 

Cunow,  Augusta  H....d.  of  Rev.  John  G m.  Rt.  Rev.  .John  C. 

Cunow,  Bethlehem.       Beckler. 

Resides  in  Herrnhiu. 
Saxony. 
1798... Champion,  Lucretia..d.  of  Col.  E.  Champion, 
b.  Feb.  17,  1783.  East  Haddam,  Conn. 

1799. ..Campbell,  Jane d.  of  Samuel  Campbell, 

b.  April  1,  1789.  New  York. 

''       Chaffee,  Abigail 

Sherwood d.  of  Henry  Chaffee.... m.  March  7,  1805. 

b.  April  24,  1787.  M.D.,  Windsor,  James  Loomis. 

Conn. 

Clarke,  Maria d.  of  Samuel  Clarke  ...m.  1812,  Wm.  Calhoun. 

b.  .July  13,  1788.  Washington,  Pa.  d. 

Campbell,  Martha.... Savannah,  Georgia, 
b.  1788. 

1800. ..Cross,  Elizabeth d.  of  .Tohn  Cross, 

b.  April  30,  1788.  Philadelphia. 

Crawford,  Cath d.  of  Edw.  Crawford  ...m. — Munro.    > 

b.  July  4,  1789.  Chambersburg,  Pa.        d. 

1801. ..Chambers,  Mary d.  of  .Jos.  Cliambers...  m.Rev.  JohnM'Knighr. 

b.  April  11,  1792.  Chambersburg,  Pa.       Philadelphia. 

"       Crawford,  Eliza d.  of  John  Crawford. ..m.  Hugh  Crawford. 

b.  May  8,  1788.  Franklin  Co.,  Pa.  Fayetteville,  Frank 

lin  Co.,  Pa. 
Conkling,  Eliza  S.  ...d.  of  Joseph  Conkling, 
b.  May  7,  1789.  Baltimore. 

Calhoun,  Eleanora...d.  of  .John  Calhoun ni.  Rev.  .Tamos  Culbevt- 

b.  March  28,  1790.  Chambersburg,  Pa.       son.  Zanesville,  (». 

d. 


:J28  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1 801. ..Cunow,  Caroline  L.-.U.  of  John  G.  Cunow...m.  Rev.  H.  Dober. 

Bethlehem.  d.  1840,  in  Silesia. 

1802. ..Connelly,  Anne 

Louisa d.  of  John  Connelly  ....m.  July  10,  1806, 

b   Nov.  14,  1788.  Thikdelphia.  Manuel  Eyre 

d.  April  19,  1832. 
Copland,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  Chas.  Copland  ...m.  —  Parkhill,  Florida. 

b.  Sept.  1788.  Richmond,  Va  d. 
Copland,  Margaret.. ..d.  of  Chas.  Copland.... Lost  her  life  by  the 
b.  July,  1792.                   Richmond,  Va.               burning  of  the  Rich- 
mond Theatre, 
Christmas  Eve,  1811. 
"       Chambers,  Eliza- 
beth  d.  of  Daniel  Chambers, 

b.  1792.  Baltimore. 

Crawford,  Martha d.  of  .John  Crawford. ..m.  .Josiah  Duffield, 

Chambersburg,  Pa.        Fayetteville,  Frank- 
lin Co.,  Pa. 
d. 

180o...Clopper,  Rebecca d.  of  Nicholas  Clopper...d.  1850. 

b.  Dec.  15,  1792.  Chambersburg,  Pa. 

1804... Church,  Maria d.  of  Benjamin  Church, 

New  York. 

1805...Carpender,  Eliza step  d.  of  Eleazer m.  —  Shoemaker. 

b.  Dec.  14,  1791.  Jones,  New  York. 

Chambers,  Sally d.  of  Benjamin  Cham-... m.  —  Clark,  M.D. 

bers.  Chambers-  d. 

burg.  Pa. 

"       Campbell,  Eliza d.  of  Samuel  Campbell, 

b.  Dec.  23,  1794.  New  York. 
1800... Cunningham,  Han- 
nah  d.  ofWm.  Cunning-.. ..m.  Aprils,  1808,  David 

b.  June  8,  1793.  ham.  Hardy  Co.,  Van  Meter. 

Va. 
•'       Clarke,  Catharine 

Loxley d.  of  S.  Clarke d.  1821. 

b.  July  3,  1793.  Philadelphia.  v 

"       Coakley,  Maria  S d.  of  Joseph  Coakley, 

b.  1798.  St.  Johns,  W.  L 

'•       Corlis,  Mary  Ann d.  of  John  Corlis m.  1st,  Wm.  Bradford  : 

b.  Dec.  3,  1794.  Providence,  R.  I.  2d,  — Newton, 

Kentucky. 

1807... Christy,  Mary d.  of  Hugh  Christy, 

b.  Oct.  17,  1797.  Philadelphia. 

■-       Cunningham,  Eliza 

M d.  of  J.  Cunningham. ..m.  Thomas  Harrison. 

b.  April  22,  1794.  Richmond,  Va. 

Cunningham,  Lucy 

A.  L d.  of  J.  Cunningham. ..m.  —  Trent,  M.D. 

b.  Sept.  6,  1797.  Richmond,  Va. 

Carrell,  Ellen  Ann...d.  of  Edward  CarrelL 
b.  May  5,  1797. 

LSU9...Claxton,  Louisa d.  of  John  Claxton, 

b.  May,  1797.  Philadelphia. 

1 SIO . . .  Campbell,  Mary g.  d.  of  Mrs.  M.  Bowers, 

New  York. 
Conner,  Anna  Cath.  ..St.  Croix,  W.  I. 
b.  Dec.  1800. 


bi<:thleiiem  female  seminary.  321) 

]811...Clynier,  Eliza w.  of  George  Morton, 

b.  Nov.  1796.  Gray's  Ferry, 

Philadclpliia. 
"       Chestcrman,  Maria...d.  of  JamesCliesterman, 
b.  May  19,  1799.  New  York. 

Coryell,  Rebecca d.of  Cornelius  Coryell.  ..m.  William  Biles. 

b.  April  20,  1797.  Bucks  Co.,  Pa  d.  May  19,  Ig.'j'), 

Richmond,  Ind. 

1H13... Chambers,  Eliz'th.  ...d.  of  B.  Chambers ni.  .Joseph  Wickcs, 

b.  Aprils,  1799.  Kent  Co.,  Md.  Chestertowu,  Md. 

Cromwell,  Mary 

A.  D d.  of  Thos.  Cromwell.. .d. 

b.  Oct.  24,  1799.  Pittsburg. 

•'       Cromwell,  Rebecca.  ..d.  of  Thos.  Cromwell. ..d. 
b.  July  IG,  1802.  Pittsburg. 

lS14...Corrie,  Ann  Eliza d.  of  George  Corrie, 

b.  Dec.  13,  1802.  Chestertown,  Kent 
Co.,  Md. 
Cunningham,  Caro- 
line  d.  of  Abner  Cunning- 
ham, Goshen,  N.  Y. 
"       Clopper,  Caroline.  ...d.  of  Nicholas  Clopper, 
b.  1802.  Frederic  Co.,  Md. 
Caines,  Ann  Louisa. ..d.  of  George  Caines, 
b.  April  24,  1801.  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

Caines,  Mary  M d.  of  George  Caines, 

b.  Feb.  15,  1803.  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

Clark,  Cath.  M d.  of  Sandford  Clark, 

Milford,  Wayne  Co., 
Pa. 

"       Converse,  Harriet d.  of  Daniel  Converse. ..m.  Charles  B.  Goddard. 

b.  .Jan.  ](),  1801.  Zanesville,  Ohio. 

Cromwell,  Eliza d.  of  Thos.  Cromwell. ..d. 

b.  July,  1802.  Pittsburg. 

''       Cook,  Emmeline 

Susan d.  of  William  Cook, 

Richmond,  Va. 
Cook,  Caroline 

Susan d.  of  William  Cook, 

b.  Jan.  4,  180G,  twins.     Richmond,  Va. 

181  j... Caldwell,  Sarah d  of  James  Caldwell, 

b.  Dec.  27,  1797.  Philadelphia. 

"       Cooke,  Mary d.  of  Capt.  Robert 

b.  Dec.  19,  1802.  Cooke,  Baltimore. 

•'       Cooke,  Catharine d.  of  Capt.  Robert 

b.  April  17,  1804.  Cooke,  Baltimore. 

■'       Cline,  Mary d.  of  Lewis  Cline, 

Greenwich,  Sussex 
Co.,  N.  J. 

"       Caldwell,  Mary  A d.  of  James  Caldwell, 

b.  March  10,  1803.  Philadelphia. 

Cooper,  Charlotte 

M.  E d.  of  John  Cooper, 

b.  Aug.  1"),  1801.  Easton,  Pa. 

Cunow,  Theodora d.  of  John  G.  Cunow...m.  P.  Beears. 

b.  May  30.  180U.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  d.  18.5ti. 

181G.. .Cole,  Isabella d.  of  William  Cole, 

Baltimore. 


330 


CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 


181()...Coombe,  lliihamah. 

"       Coombe,  Eliza 

Caldwell,  Ann  M.... 
"       Chapman,  Marilla-. 

"       Chalmers,  Mary 

' '       Capner ,  Mary 


1817...Contlicl,  31arcia. 
"       Corbin,  Lucy  B.. 


Corbin,  Ann  B 

Cunningham,  Agnes 


1818. 


Cadle,  Mary... 
.Covcll,  Sarah.. 


Carter,  Sarah  Ann... 
Cargill,  Caroline  E. . 


Cargill,  Mary  C. 


1819. 


1820. 


1821. 


Cole,  Eliza 

b.  180G. 
Campbell,  Jane 

b.  Dec.  15,  1808. 
Cammann,  Augusta. 

b.  July  11,  1808. 
Cargill,  Jane 

b.  May  15,  1804. 
.Clifton,  Frances 

Adeline, 

b.  July  7,  1810. 
Craig,  Sarah  Agnes.. 

.Campbell,  Euphe- 

mia 

b.  Dec.  15,  1811. 
Coggill,  Mary  Ann... 

b.  April  29,  1808. 
.Cox,  Elizabeth  G. ... 

b.  Oct.  5,  1808. 
Corlies,  Elizabeth... 

b.  Feb.  1805. 
Crawford,  Isabella.. 

b.  Feb.  7,  1800. 


..d.  of  Griffith  Coombe, 

Washington  City. 
..d.  of  Griffith  Coombe, 

Washington  City, 
.d.  of  Elias  B.  Caldwell.. .m 

Washington  City. 
.d.  of  Wm.  Chapman, 

Cat  skill,  N.  Y. 
.d.  of  John  Chalmers, 

New  Jersey, 
.d.  of  Thos.  Capner m. 

Flemington,  N.  J. 

.d.  of  S.  Condict m, 

Morris  Co.,  N.  J. 
.d.  of  G.  L.  Corbin, 

Williamsburg,  Va. 
.d.  of  G.  L.  Corbin, 

Williamsburg,  Va. 
..d.  of  J.  Cunningham, 

Baltimore. 
.New  York, 
.d.  of  Mat.  Covell m 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 
.d.  of  R.  Carter,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 
.d.  of  D.  Cargill m. 

New  York.  d. 

.d.  of  W.  Cargill m 

New  York, 
.d.  of  John  Cole m. 

Baltimore, 
.d.  of  Samuel  Campbell, 

New  York, 
.d.  of  Aug.  Cammann, 

New  York, 
.d.  of  D.  Cargill m, 

New  York. 


Samuel  Hambleton 


William  H.  Hill, 
Hamilton  Square, 
Mercer  Co.,  N.  J. 

Gordon  Burnham. 


H.  Fowell,  M.D. 
Hillsborough,  0. 


Warren  Kimball. 
—  Kane. 


H.  A.  C.  Sturges. 
Ohio. 


Clark,  Susan  E.... 
b.  June  21,  1810. 


.d.  of  Heston  Craig m.  —  Ames. 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

,d.  of  Samuel  Campbell, 

New  York, 
.d.  of  George  Coggill, 

New  York, 
.w.  of  Nathan  Cox m.  —  Woodward. 

Philadelphia, 
.d.  of  Col.  John  Corlies, 

Lexington,  Ky. 
.d.  of  Alex.  Crawford. ..m.  David  Rutter,  M.D., 

Norristown.  Chicago,  HI. 

d.  1835. 
.d.  of  .James  T.  Clark. .. m.  Wm.  E.  Hunt, U.S.  A. 

M.D..  Trenton,  N.J.      d.  1848. 


BETHLEIIExM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  S-M 

1822. ..Chambers,  Clarissa.. .d.  of  Mrs.  Mary  Harris, 
b.  Sept.  2,  IHIO.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Clarke,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Samuel  Clarke, 

b.  Dec.  24,  1807.  Philadelphia. 

1823... Cist,  Mary  Ann d.  of  .Jacob  Cist m.  N.  Rutter. 

b.  Dec.  26,  1808.  Wilkes-Barre.  d.  March  18,  184G. 

•'       Carpender,  Lucy d.  of  L.  Carpender, 

b.  Nov.  2,  1811.  New  York. 

Carpenter,  Cynthia 

\V s.  of  Benj.  Carpentei"...m.  Francis  Crawford, 

b.  March  20,  1807.         Newburg,  N.  Y.  Detroit. 

1824. ..Cunningham,  Eliza 

B d.  of  Moses  Cunning- 

b.  June  23,  1811.  ham,  New  York. 

■'       Carlile,  Eleanor d.  of  Hudson  Carlile, 

b.  Feb.  1812.  Philadelphia. 

1825. ..Christ,  Sophia  Sarah 

Ann d.  of  Jacob  Christ,  Em- 

b.  July  3,  1814.  maus.  Pa. 

•'       Chandler,  Sarah  A....d.  of  Stephen  Chandler, 
b.  April  20,  1814.  Mobile,  Ala. 

"       Chandler,  Meriba d.  of  Stephen  Chandler, 

b.  Aug.  23,  1817.  Mobile,  Ala. 
Carpender,  Catha- 
rine  New  York. 

b.  May  4,  1813. 

Cline,  Rebecca  S d.  of  Ephraim  Cline  ...m.  Joseph  C  Shiun, 

b.  March  13,  1812.  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.         Bordentown,  N.  J. 

d.  at  Hillsborough, 
Ohio. 

182G. .. Clarke,  JuliaBowen..d.  of  Bowen  Clarke m   183G,  Samuel  S. 

b.  Feb.  4,  1813.  Providence,  R.  I.  Sumner.  Newcastle, 

Ky. 

Cole,  Margaret  Jane..Baltimore m.  —  .Jenkins. 

b.  Sept.  1,  1815.  d. 

"       Charlton,  Margaret 

E d.  of  John  Charlton.. ..m.  Rev.  —  Wright. 

b.  Dec.  12,  1814.  Willoughby,  Effing- 

ham Co.,  Geo. 

Cooper,  Matilda d.  of  P.  Cooper m.  F.  A.  Martin,  ;M.1)., 

b.  July  5,  1815.  Coopersburg,  Pa.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

1827... Camp,  Cath.  L d.  of  .Joseph  W.  Camp, 

b.  Oct.  22,  1812.  Newark,  N.  J. 

Conover,  Rebecca d.  of  HendrickConover, 

b.  Sept.  18' 2.  New  Egypt,  Mon- 

mouth Co.,  N.  J. 
1828. ..Clarke,  Isabella  W.  ..d.  of  Chester  Clarke, 
b.  July  17,  1818.  New  York. 

•'       Church,  Catharine 

Clarissa d.  of  Rodney  S.  Church , 

New  York. 
1829. ..Caldwell,  Cath.  P.... d.  of  John  Caldwell, 
b.  Feb.  14.  1815.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"       Casati,  Christine New  York. 

"       Cornwell,  Tympo- 

lian d.  of  J.  C.  Cornwell, 

b.  July  15,  1815.  Philadelphia. 


332  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1830,,,Cappe,  Miriam d.  of  John  Cappe,  St. 

b.  1823.  Thomas,  W.  L 

•'       Cappe,  Rebecca *1.  of  John  Cappe,  St. 

b.  1824.  Thomas,  W.  I. 

"       Clark,  Martha s.  of  J.  C.  Clark, 

b.  April  7,  1817.  Natchez,  Miss. 

Clark,  Julia s.  of  J.  C.  Clark, 

b.  Dec.  18,  1818.  Natchez,  Miss. 

"        Chapin,  3Iaria  B d.  of  Spencer  Chapin, 

b.  Oct.  30,  1818.  Canandaigua.  N.  Y. 

"       Cunningham,  £liza-d.  of  W.  G.  Cunning- 

b.  July,  1815.  ham.  New  York. 

"       Cunningham,  Ellen. ..d.  of  W.  G.  Cunning- 
lb.  Dec.  1822  ham.  New  York. 

1881. ..Cutter,  Margaret d.  of  Smith  Cutter m.  — Youngs. 

b.  Feb.  17,  1817.  M.D.,  New  York. 

1832. ..Cromwell,  Ellen d.  of  Richard  Cromwell, 

b.  March  16,  1820.  Anne  Arundel  Co., 

Md. 

"       Cappe,  Rachel d.  of  John  Cappe,  St. 

b.  1826.  Thomas,  W.  I. 

"       Campbell,  Louisa w.  of  Daniel  M'Laran, 

b.  1824.  New  York. 

"       Carpenter,  Ann  R.  ...d.  of  M.  N.  Carpenter, 
b.  Oct.  6,  1822.  Philadelphia. 

1883... Cameron,  Christina 

T Greene,  Chenango m.  —  Maston. 

b.  Feb.  1818.  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Cunningham,  Marg't..d.  of  G.  D.  Cunniug- 
b.  Nov.  29,  1827.  ham,  New  York. 

1834. ..Cutter,  Louisa d.  of  Smith  Cutter, 

b.  June  23,  1819.  M.D.,  New  York. 

"       Cargill,  Mary  E d.  of  Abr.  Cargill ra.  Jesse  Adams, 

b.  Feb.  16,  1822.  New  York.  Ohio. 

"       Cole,  Ann d.  of  John  Cole, 

b.  March  31,  1820.  Philadelphia. 

"       Clare,  Julia  Ann g.  d.  of  Alfred  Clave, 

b.  Oct.  30,  1822.  Easton,  Pa. 

188o...Cortelyou,  Sarah 

Ann d.  of  L.  H.  Cortelyou, 

b.  Dec.  2,  1825.  Staten  Island. 

"       Cunningham,  Cath. 

Mary  Anne  L^tica,  New  York. 

b.  May  26,  1825. 
"       Croes,  Mary  Hen- 
rietta  d.  of  Rev.  J.  Croes, 

b.  May  29,  1824.  New  Brunswick, 

N.  J. 
1 836... Carpenter,  Sarah  E...d.  of  U.  F.  Carpenter...m.  Augustus  Embury. 
b.  Nov.  7,  1823.  New  York. 

"       Chauncey,  Helen d.  of  Wm.  Chauncey, 

b.  Aug.  1820.  New  York. 

"       Crane,  Ann  R New  York. 

*'       Clark,  Hannah  E d.  of  Chester  Clark, 

b.  June  29,  1823.  Clinton,  Vermillion 

Co.,  Ind. 

Crocheron,  Frances. .d.  of  W.  Crocheron m.  William  Cubbery, 

b.  Sept.  1822.  Staten  Island.  Richmond. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMIXAKV.  So^J 

]8oG...Covveiihowen,  Ge- 

retta..... il.  of  N.  R.  Cowen- m.  David  Bishop. 

b.  May  14,  1823.  liowen,  New  Briuis- 

■wick,  N.  J. 

IBoT... Clark,  Sarah  D New  Brunswick,  N.  .J...m.  Rev.  Antony  El- 

b.  June,  1822.  mendorf,  Brooklvn, 

N.  Y. 

Connor,  Elizabeth  ...d.  of  C.  Connor m.  Oct.  14,  1841,  Tlios. 

b.  April,  1823.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.         Brodriek. 

d.  July  10,  184't. 

"       Crissy,  Angclinc d.  of  James  Crissy m.  Jan.  12,  1848,  M. 

b.  July  18,  1824.  Philadelphia.  Wallis  Woodwani. 

Charrnaud,  Fran- 

cisca d.  of  John  Charruaud, 

b.  Dec.  11,  182C).  New  York. 

■•       Cressman,  Sarah d.  of  Henry  Cressman, 

b.  June,  1822.  Philadelphia. 

1838... Conrad,  Amanda d.  of  William  Conrad. 

"       Conrad,  Cecilia d.  of  William  Conrad. 

Craig,  Catharine d.  of  David  S.  Craig. ..m.  William  Squire. 

b.  Feb.  1822.  Rah  way,  N.  J. 

1830...Canfield,  Sarah  L.  ...d.  of  Dayton  J.  Can-...m.  1854,  W.  D.  Quinl.y. 
b.  July,  1825.  field,  iNIorristown,  M.D. 

N.  J. 

''       Catonnet,  Adele d.  of  Alphonse  Caton- 

net.  Mobile,  Ala. 
Catonnet,  Antoi- 
nette  d.  of  Alphonse  Caton- 
net, Mobile,  Ala. 
Comstock,  Henri- 
etta  d.  of  Chas.  Comstock. ..m.  Stephen  Hopkins, 

b.  Oct.  24,  1825.  Athens,  Pa.  Jersey  City. 

Chauncey,  Jnlia d.  of  Wm.  Chauncey, 

b.  June  10,  1824.  New  York. 

1840. ..Child,  Caroline  P.  ...d.  of  Francis  Child ra.  March,  1847,  Alficd 

b.  Feb.  1824.  I\Iorristown,  N.  J.         C.  Roe,  Cornwall, 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Carhart,  Mary  E d.  of  John  Carhart, 

b.  July  17,  1829.  Perryville,  Hunter- 

don Co.,  N.  J. 
1841. ..Christ,  Hannah  M....d.  of  Matthew  Christ. ..m.  1851,  H.  H.  Applc- 
b.  March  20,  1830.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  ton.  Summit  Brid;r(>, 

Delaware. 
Condit,  Caroline  A...d.  of  Israel  D.  Condit, 
b.  Feb.  12,  1820.  Springfield,  N.  J. 

Carey,  Cornelia d.  of  Daniel  Carey, 

b.  March  10,  1827.  Suckasunny  Phiins, 

N.  J. 
"       Campbell,  Mary  E....d.  of  Wm.  Campbell. ..m.  H.  AV.  Overman, 
b.  April  4,  182t).  Philadelpliia. 

Cornifk,  Marg't  F.  ...d.  of  Jas.  Cornick ra.  Thos.  J.  Cornick 

b.  182(1.  Norfolk,  \a.  d.  1851. 

Capron,  Ann  Eliza. ..d.  of  Capt.  Capron m.  —  Husband,  ISalii- 

b.  1827.  Norfolk,  Ya.  more. 

•       Cole,  Harriet  E s.  of  Archibald  H.  Cole, 

b.  1826.  E.  Florida. 

Cole,  Julia  Ann a.  of  Archibald  H.  Cole, 

b.  1827.  E.  Florida. 


334  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1841.  .Chapman,  Emily w.  of  Samuel  Frost m.  H.  0.  Eawls. 

b.  Sept.  1828.  New  York.  d.  May  24,  1857, 

Norfolk. 

1842... Cox,  Matilda  S d.  of  W.  B.  Cox,  New 

b.  Oct.  22,  1828.  York. 

"       Carpenter,  Anna  M...d.  of  Jacob  Carpenter. ..m.  W.  \V.  H.  Davis, 
b.  1832.  Hempstead,  L.  I. 

Cutter,  Charlotte New  York. 

1843...Clauder,  Mary 

Sophia d.  of  Rev.  G.  H m.  1857,  Ambrose  Er- 

b.  July  25,  1833.  Clauder.  win,  Bethlehem. 

"       Cook,  Emma Philadelphia. 

"       Chapman,  Mary New  York. 

b.  1831. 

"       Cairns,  Virginia d.  of  William  Cairns, 

b.  1836.  Hempstead  Harbor, 

Long  Island. 

1844...Clauder,  AnnaEl d.  of  Rev.  G.  H m.  1855,  Edward  Line- 

b.  Sept.  24,  1831.  Clauder.  back,  Salem,  N.  C. 

"       Christ,  Augusta d.  of  Matthew  Christ, 

b.  Oct.  21,  1832.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Cornell,  Mary. ...» Philadelphia. 

b.  1827. 
1845...Croll,  Mary  Cecilia.. .d.  of  M.  J.  Croll, 
b.  Dec.  15,  1834.  Philadelphia. 

Cousty,  AnnaC Philadelphia m.  .loseph  T.  Johns. 

b.  Nov.  1830. 

1846...Covert,Amy  S w.  of  €.  W.  Bunting. 

b.  April  6,  1830. 

•'       Clauder,  Martha d.  of  Rev.  G.  H m.  Lewis  Spaugh, 

Clauder.  Hope,  Ind. 

1847. ..Cotton,  Alice n.  of  B.  Holcombe,  La 

Grange,  Fayette  Co., 
Tenn. 

"       Crisp,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  H.  Crisp, 

b.  April  19,  1831.  M.D.,  Lamar,  Mar- 

shall Co.,  Miss. 
"       Carney,  Georgiana 

E n.  of  James  H.  Carnev, 

b.  Aug.  15,  1833.  Norfolk  Co.,  A^a. 

Crozer,  Rachel d.  of  Samuel  Crozer  ...m.  David  Kellj", 

Penn's  Manor,  Morrisville. 

Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Curd,  Louisa  L Macon,  Georgia. 

b.  April  28,  1833. 

1848...Coflree,  Mary  A d.  of  Joseph  E.  Coffee, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1833.  New  York. 

Cook,  Clara  Delia.  ...d.  of  Enoch  Cook, 
b.  July  14,  1833.  Holmes'  Hole,  Mass. 

"       Campman,  Jane 

Louisa n.  of  G.  M.  Chapman, 

b.  Aug.  29,  1837.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Compton,  Emma  A.  ..w.  of  G.  E.  Wills, 
b.  Aug.  15,  1834.  Philadelphia. 

"       Clark,  Sarah d.  of  Lewis  Clark, 

b.  Jan.  23,  1830.  Philadelphia. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY 


6-i'> 


1848...Cooke,  Lydia  B n.  of  Ljf '\^li;l'JJ^- 

b.  Nov.  1837.  ton,  Ches  nut  HiU, 

riiiladclphia  Co. 

"       Carpenter,  Isabel d.  of  Geo  Carpenter, 

b   July  2,  1834.  Milford,  V  J 

"       Condit,  Snsan  M d.  of  John  C.  Condit 

b   Nov.  18,  1833.  Parsippany,  Morris 

Co.,  N.  J. 
1849...Cleveland,  Caroliue-d.  of  fewcomb  Clevc- 
b.  Sept.  9,  1832.  land.  New  \ork. 

1850...Cnlbertson,  Julia d.  of  Alex.  C"lbertson 

b   Dec   18,  1844.  Fort  Union,  mouth  ot 

Yellowstone  River. 
"      Chapman,  Charlotte 

s.  "....' *!•  °f  ^^^^-  i*a"g^*'^y' 

b*  Oct.  29,  1839.  Jamaica,  W.  I. 

"       Chapman,  Elizabeth.d.  of  Mrs.  Daughtry, 

b.  July  15,  1843.  Jamaica,  A\.  1. 

..       Cooley,  Sarah  M d.  of  Samuel  r ooley, 

V.    FaVi    '^3    1835  ^Nhlford,  N. .). 

b.  iet).  -3,  iOJJ-  TvaCortriffht m.  Abraham  Stout. 

■'       ^rjufe's,";?^: '-Suiit  HS,'car.         >..!..,  Bo,U,ehe„,. 

bon  Co.,  Pa. 
"       Chadwick,  Tabitha...d.  of  Mrs.  Margaret 
b   Auo-.  12,  183G.  Chadwick,  Newark, 

°  N.  J. 

"       Cooper,  Rosa  Ann. ...d.  of  Daniel  Cooper, 
b.  Nov.  29,  1833.  M.D.,  Jonestown, 

Lebanon  Co.,  Pa. 

1851. ..Carroll,  Jane d.  of  .Jonas  Carroll, 

b.  Nov.  19,  1836.  New  Brighton, 

St  at  en  Island. 

•'       Cowan,  Sallie  W d.  of  J.  AV.  Cowan, 

b.  Sept.  1836.  Philadelphia. 

••       Crocheron,  3Iargaret.d.  of  D   G   Crochcron, 
b.  Oct.  13,  1835.  Port  Richmond, 

Stat  en  Island. 

-  Carpenter,  Margaret.d.  of  J.  Carpenter, 

b.  1835.  New  York 

'■       Crowell,  Mary  M d.  of  DM  Crowe  1, 

b   Julv,  183G.  t^chooley's  Mountain, 

N.J. 

-  Crowell,  Sarah  J d.  of  D   M   Crowell, 

b  June,  1840.  Schooley's  Mountain, 

N.J. 
■ '       Cook,  Anne  M d.  of  Joseph  Cook, 

b.  July  5,  183G.  Alba,ny,  N.  Y. 

••       Cook,  Marg't  J d.  of  Joseph  t  ook, 

b.  1830.  -^^H"f'   ^^    •  1 

•'       Chadwick,  Eliz'th  ....d.  of  John  Chadwick, 

b.  Oct.  4,  1837.  Newark,  N    .J. 

••       Chadwick,  Mary d.  of  John  Chadwick, 

b   Auo-  22,  1839.  Newark,  N.  J. 

-  Chadwick,  Irene d.  of  John  Cha^lwick. 

b.  Jan.  2,  1842.  Newark,  N.  J. 

-  Chamberlin,  Ellen  ...d.  of  .1   <'hamberl.n 

b.  Oct.  1835.  Haddonficld,  N.  J. 


•38G  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

18.-)2... Coffee,  Mary  F d.  of  Geo.  W.  Coffee, 

b.  May  ?,,  1841.  Califoniia. 

Castino  Josephine.  ...tl.  of  Gen.  Castino, 
b.  Dec.  1836.  Rivas  de  Nicaragua, 

Nicaragua. 

"       Clover,  Mary  A d.  of  Levi  Clover m.  .J.  McDowell. 

b.  July  6,  1834.  Brook ville,  Jefferson 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Coryell,  Grace  Eliza..g.  d.  of  C.  Coryell, 

b.  Sept.  12,  1837.  M.D.,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 

"       Cowperthwaite, 

Am.iiida d.  of  Ambrose  Cow-....ni.  George  C.  Napheys. 

b.  June  8,  1835.  perthwaite,  Moores- 
town,  N.  J. 
]8r)o...Cake,  Susan  Ophe- 
lia   d.  of  Mrs.  Thos.  L.  Nor- 

b.  Dec.  14,  1840.  cross,  Philadelphia. 

"       Chadwick,  Marg't d.  of  John  Chadwick, 

b.  Aug.  1845.  Newark,  N.  J. 

Cumming,  Lydia d.  of  Chas.  Gumming, 

b.  May  15,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

Clement,  Estelle d.  of  Joseph  Clement, 

b.  Oct.  1,  1843.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Coane,  Elizabeth  G...d.  of  R.  H.  Coane, 
b.  Nov.  28,  183G.  Philadelphia. 

Curtis,  Mary  M d.  of  Martin  Curtis, 

b.  Dec.  1839.  Milwaukie,  Wis. 

"       Chamberlin,  Jane  E.. Bethlehem,  Pa m.  — Chichester, 

b.  June  4,  1833.  Philadelphia. 

1854. ..Clayton,  Sarah g.  d.  of  Conrad  Root, 

b.  Dec.  2,  1833.  Spring  House,  Mont- 

gomery Co.,  Pa. 

"       Collins,  Ellen New  York. 

b.  Jan.  9,  1840. 

"       Cary,  Almira n.  of  W.  S.  Gary,  Ccn- 

b.  Jan.  1,  1842.  treville,  La. 

Cutler,  Jane  E d.  of  Silas  C.  Cutler, 

b.  May  18,  1838.  M.D.,  Morristown. 

N.  J. 

]855...Clauder,  Sarah  A d.  of  Rev.  G.  11.  Clau- 

b.  Nov.  20,  1842.  der. 

Cleveland,  Mary  E....d.  of  N.  Cleveland, 
b.  March  12,  1841.  Waukegan,  111. 

Cooper,  Mary  E d.  of  W.  S.  Cooper, 

b.  Sept.  13,  1838.  Morristown,  N..  .J. 

"       Crocheron,  Virginia..d.  of  R.  C.  Crocheron, 

b.  Sept.  13,  1843.  New  York. 
"       Crocheron,  Henri- 
etta  d.  of  R.  G.  Crocheron, 

b.  Oct.  14,  1848.  New  York. 

"       Clark,  Kate  A d.  of  Richard  Clark, 

b.  Jan.  9,  1843.  New  York. 

1856...Chipman,  Marianna..d.  of  Walter  Chipman, 

b.  Nov.  22,  1838.  Bristol,  Vt. 

"       Cooper,  Isabella  E...Yonkers,  New  York. 

b.  Aug.  6,  1838. 

"       Caplin,  Sarah  E d.  of  George  Caplin, 

b.  May  31,  1844.  New  York. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  337 

1 856... Caplin,  Amanda d.  of  George  Caplin, 

b.  May  1,  1847.  New  York. 

"       Conrad,  Tacey  W d.  of  David  Conrad, 

b.  Aug.  29,  1843.  Tacony,  Pa. 

"       Capner,  Louisa d.  of  Hugh  Capner, 

b.  March  22,  1842.  Flemington,  N.  J. 

"       Cutler,  S.  Cecilia d.  of  Silas  C.  Cutler, 

b.  Aug.  8,  1842.  M.D.,  Morristown, 

N.  J. 
Clute,  Clara d.  of  Mrs.  L.  Clute, 

b.  March  30,  184(5.  New  York. 

"       Cooper,  Anna  M d.  of  Jos.  W.  Cooper, 

b.  Sept.  G,  1842.  Camden,  N.  J. 

"       Connerat,  Alice d.  of  Jos.  V.  Connerat, 

b.  Aug.  18,  1841.  Savannah,  Geo. 

"       Carruthers,  Agnes d.  of  John  Carruthers, 

b.  April  5,  1841.  Bridgeton,  N.  J. 

"       Conarroe,  Ellen  M.  ...d.  of  Geo.  W.  Coniirroe, 

b.  July  11,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"       Clark,  Mary  A d.  of  Richard  Clark, 

b.  March  17,  1844.  New  York. 

1857... Coryell,  Sydney  P....d.  of  W.  Coryell,  M.D., 

b.  Nov.  9,  1840.  Bradford  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Crawford,  Annie d.  of  Mrs.  Mary  Craw- 

b.  May  14,  1845.  ford.  New  York. 

"       Cooper,  Lucy  Jane...d.  of  Samuel  Cooper, 

b.  June  19,  1848.  Baltimore,  Md. 

"       Close, EmmaLouisa-.d.  of  C.  H.  Close, 

b.  Aug.  2,  1840.  New  York. 

"       Close,  Amelia d.  of  C.  H.  Close, 

b.  July  21,  1842.  New  York. 

"       Cobb,  Julia  K d.  of  Andrew  B.  Cobb, 

b.  March,  1842.  Parsippany,  N.  J. 

"       Crooke,  C.  Louisa-. ..d.  of  F.  A.  Crooke, 

b.  June  16,  1842.  Baltimore. 

Clayton,  Julia  F d.  of  W.  AY.  Clayton, 

b.  Oct.  6,  1839.  Kingston,  Cass  Co., 

Geo. 
"       Clanton,  Mary d.  of  Turner  Clanton, 

b.  .Jan.  11,  1841.  Augusta,  Geo. 

"       Cowdry,  Eliza  A s.  of  Wm.  L.  Cowdry, 

b.  Dec.  21,  1840.  New  York. 

"       Cowdry,  Maria  B s.  of  Wm.  L.  Cowdry, 

b.  Jan.  6,  1844.  New  York. 
"       Clark,  Lizzie  Stan- 
ton  w.  of  J.  H.  Clark, 

b.  Oct.  6,  1848.  Newark,  N.  J. 

1790. ..Dayton,  Phebe 

Woodruff d.  of  Jona.  Dayton m.  — Wade. 

b.  Oct.  28,  1777.  Elizabethtown, 

N.  J. 

Dunham,  Mary d.  of  Lewis  Dunham. ..d.  Oct.  17,  1835. 

b.  Oct.  28,  1779.  New  Brunswick,  N.J. 

1791...Deshler,  Mary Allentown,  Pa. 

1793...Dugan,  Margaret d.  of  Cumberland  Du- 

b.  April  13,  1780.  gan,  Baltimore. 

22 


338  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1793. ..De  George,  Eliz'th...d.  of  S.  de  George,  St. 
b.  1783.  Croix,  W.  I. 

De  George,  Sophia. ..d.  of  S.  de  George,  St.. 
b.  1785.  Croix,  W.  I. 

1794. ..Davis,  Elizabeth d.  of  W.  Davis, 

b.  May  (>,  1780.  New  York. 

1795. ..Davidson,  Eliz'th d.  of  George  Davidson, 

b   July  29,  1786.  M.D.,  St.  Vincents, 

W.  L 

"       Davis,  Elizabeth d.  of  Capt.  Geo.  Davis, 

b.  March  'JO,  1783.  Philadelphia. 

1796...Duryee,  Elizabeth.. ..d.  of  Charles  Duryee, 

b.  Aug.  19,  1783.  New  York. 

1797. ..Devenish,  Caroline. ..Trinidad,  West  Indies, 
b.  Aug.  1786. 

■'      Dorsey,  Mary d.  of  Joseph  Dorsey, 

b.  1787.  Washington  Co.,  Pa. 

Douglass,  Sarah d.  of  Gen.  Ephraim m.  Daniel  Kellar. 

b.  April,  1786.  Douglass,  Union-  d. 

town,  Fayette  Co., 
Pa. 

"       Dover,  Maria d.  of  John  Dover. 

b.  1788.  Frankford,  Pa. 

Dorsey,  Mary d.  of  Eli  Dorsey,  near 

b.  Oct.  1784.  Libertytown, 

Frederic  Co.,  Md. 
Dorsey,  Elizabeth.  ...d.  of  Eli  Dorsey,  near 
b.  July,  1786.  Libertytown, 

Frederic  Co.,  Md. 

1798. ..Dover,  Sarah d.  of  John  Dover, 

b.  Aug,  27,  1786.  Frankford. 

1799. ..Dorsey,  Elizabeth.. ..d.  of  Joseph  Dorsey.. ..m.  —Wilson,  M.D., 

Washington  Co.,  Pa.     Steubenville. 
d. 

1801. ..Dick,  Mary d.  of  Thomas  B.  Dick..m.  Z.  W.  Flower. 

b.  1791.  Easton,  Pa.  d.  June  27,  1832. 

1802. ..Dorsey,  Ann d.  of  N.  Dorsey,  M.D., 

b.  May  3,  1789.  Philadelphia. 

"       Denison,  Sally d.  of  John  M.  Deni- 

b.  March  24,  1790.  son,  Baltimore. 

"       Davie,  Mary d.  of  Gen.  W.  R.  Davie, 

b.  .June  25,  1789.  Halifax,  N.  C. 

1803. ..Dennis,  Abigail d.  of  Thos.  Dennis m.  Horace  Dexter,  re- 

b.  June  21,  1791.  Newport,  R.  I.  sides  in  Florida. 

1804. ..Duncan,  Margaret 

B w.  of  —  Massey, 

b.  Sept.  1794.  Philadelphia. 

"       Douglass,  Ann 

Watkins  d.  of  Maj.  D.  Douglass, 

b.  Nov.  1791.  Georgia. 

"       Day,  Henrietta d.  of  Edward  Day, 

b.  1794.  Baltimore. 

'•       Douthat,  Elizabeth.  ..d.  of  Robert  Douthat, 

b.  April  6,  1792.  Rockbridge  Co.,  Va. 

"      Douthat,  Mary  Jane-.d.  of  Robert  Douthat, 
b.  Feb.  17,  1794.  Rockbridge  Co.,  Va. 

1805...Dempsey  Margaret.. ..Charleston,  S.  C. 
b.  May  27,  1795. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  339 

1807. ..Dobbins,  Eliza d.  of  Thomas  Dobbinp, 

b.  1790.  Philadelphia. 

"       Dennis,  Eliza  Janc.d.  of  Richard  Dennis, 

b.  Oct.  1798.  Philadelphia. 

"      De  la  Croix,  Louisa..d.  of  Jas.  de  la  Croix, 
b.  1795.  New  York. 

1 808 . . .  Dannenberg, 

Frances d.  of  F.  W.  Dannen- 

b.  1797.  berg,  New  York. 

1809. ..Drinker,  Sarah  Ann..d.  of  .Jos.  D.  Drinker, 

b.  Dec   2,  1795.  Philadelphia. 

1810. ..Dickinson,  Julia  M.  ..d.  of  .John  D.  Dickin- 
b.  Nov.  19,  1799.  son,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

"       Dulton,  Charlotte 

R d.  of  Thomas  Dulton. ..m.  Robert  Taylor. 

b.  July  2,  1797.  Norfolk,  Va. 

1811. ..Dick,  Phebe  A Chester,  Pa m.  George  Spear. 

b.  Dec.  1796.  d.  Feb.  25,  18:54. 

"       Donaldson,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Donaldson, 

b.  Aug.  19,  1799.  Philadelphia. 

"       Drinker,  Louisa d.  of  .Jos.  D.  Drinker, 

b.  June,  1799.  Philadelphia. 

"       Dennis,  Madeline d.  of  Richard  Dennis, 

b.  1803.  Philadelphia. 

"       Dennis,  Harriet d.  of  Richard  Dennis, 

b,  1804.  Philadelphia. 

'•       Dickson,  Mary d.  of  W.  Dickson m.  Mark  Wilson. 

b.  April  29,  1800.  Norfolk,  Va.  d.  .July,  1855,  in 

New  York. 

"      Dickson,  Elizabeth.. .d.  of  W.Dickson m.  .J.  Q.  Aymar, 

b.  July  19,  1802.  Norfolk,  Va.  New  York. 

"       Donaldson,  Eliz'th... Baltimore, 
b.  Jan.  24,  1799. 

1812. ..Dulton,  Eliza  H d.  of  Capt.  Thomas m.  Capt.  Guy  Wheeler. 

b.' March  9,  1800.  Dulton,  Norfolk,  Va. 

"       Dick,  Frances  B w.  of  James  Dawley...m.  Mallory  M.  Todd. 

b.  Aug.  22,  1802.  Norfolk,  Va.  d.  Sept.  1855,  of 

yellow  fever. 

1814...Dolson,  Ann d.  of  .James  Dolson, 

b.  June  7,  1799.  Warwick,  Orange 

Co.,  New  York. 

"       Davies,  Ann  J d.  of  Judge  William m.  1st,  Wm.  Mcintosh  ; 

b.  Dec.  28,  1800.  Davies,  Savannah,         2d,  Chas.  J.  Paine, 

Georgia.  Milledgeville,  Ga. 

d.  1847. 

1815. ..Davis,  Rebecca d.  of  Wm.  Davis New  Centreville, 

b.  Feb.  1800.  Great  Valley,  Ches-      Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

ter  Co.,  Pa. 

"      Davis,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Davis New  Centreville, 

b.  July,  1804.  Great  Valley,  Ches-      Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

ter,  Co.,  Pa. 

"      Dewees,  Matilda d.  of  Andi-ew  Dewees, 

b.  April  1,  180G.  Baltimore. 

"       Doyle,  Maria d.  of  Francis  Doyle, 

b.  1806.  Savannah,  Ga. 

1816. ..Dey,  Charlotte  W d.  of  Joseph  Dey m.  Edward  Swayze, 

Hope,  N.  J.  resides  at  Wenona, 

Marshall  Co.,  111. 


340  CATALOGUE    OP    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1816. ..Dey,  Caroline d.  of  Joseph  Dey m,  Lewis  Dey,  resides 

Hope,  N.  J.  at  Wenona. 

'*       Duval,  Elizabeth Virginia. 

"       Dnngau,  Martha New  Jersey. 

1817...Dancy,  Caroline d.  of  Francis  Dancy....m.  Rev.  F.  Wood, 

Petersburg,  Va.  moved  to  Bayou 

Teche,  La. 

"       Downing,  Martha  M..  Trenton,  N.J m.  Franklin  Comly, 

Somerton,  Pbila.  Co. 

"       Dowers,  Mary Trenton,  N.J m.  John  Whitehead, 

New  York. 

"       Dowers,  Elizabeth... Trenton,  N.J m.  Jas.  H.  Johnston, 

Savannah. 

"       Drake,  Harriet d.  of  John  R.  Drake, 

Oswego,  N.  Y. 
1818. ..Dodd,  Mary  Wil- 
liams  d.  of  Moses  Dodd, 

b.  Oct.  5,  1804.  New  York. 

1819... Dick,  Susanna w.  of  W.  Hemble,  Jr., 

Philadelphia. 

1820. ..Dick,  Elizabeth w.  of  W.  Hemble,  Jr., 

b.  1813.  Philadelphia. 

"       Drinker,  Mary d.  of  Jos.  D.  Drinker, 

b.  May  27,  1806.  Philadelphia. 

"       Drinker,  Martha d.  of  Jos.  D.  Drinker, 

b.  Oct.  28,  1807.  Philadelphia. 

"       Drinker,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  Jos.  D.  Drinker.. .m.  Judge  Bellamy 

b.  March  13,  1811.  Philadelphia.  Storer,  Cincinnati. 

Ohio. 

1821. ..Dodd,  Mary w.  of  Wm.  Scott m.  1823,  Lewis  King. 

b.  1806.  Rockaway,  N.  J.  Newark,  N.  J. 

1822. ..Duncan,  Anne d.  of  Mrs.  Ann  Ross, 

b.  Sept.  22,  1811.  Charleston. 

"       Dyer,  Mary  B d.  of  S.  Dyer, 

b.  April  16,  1810.  Baltimore. 

"       Dowdall,  Ann d.  of  Capt.  Dowdall, 

b.  Feb.  28,  1811.  New  York. 

"       Dowdall,  Sarah  N.  ...d.  of  Capt.  Dowdall, 

b.  April  26,  1812.  New  York. 

"       Dowdall,  Catharine 

A d.  of  Capt.  Dowdall, 

b.  April  20,  1815.  New  York. 

"      Dunham,  Adeline 

Emma d.  of  David  Dunham, 

b.  July  14,  1808.  New  York. 

"       Davis,  Sarah  Ann d.  of  Outten  Davis m.  Wm.  B.  Thomas. 

b.  Nov.  1,  1807.  Middletown,  Del.  Philadelphia. 

1823...Deshler,  Deborah d.  of  D.  Deshler m.  Peter  Schantz. 

b.  1809.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

1824. ..Doty,  Elizabeth d.  of  Mrs.  Jane  Doty. 

b.  July  2,  1810.  Boundbrook,  N.  J.  ' 

"       Dunlap,  Esther  Ann..d.  of  AVm.  Dunlap, 
Philadelphia. 

1825...Denkla,  Augusta d.  of  Christian m.  Peter  Maison. 

b.  April  7,  1817.  Denkla,  Phila. 

"       Dungan,  Mary  A d.of  Gen.MahlonDun-..d. 

b.  April  23,  1812.            gan,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 
"       Decker,  Mary New  York m.  Frederic  Anderson. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE    SEMINARY.  341 

1826...Dupny,  Rachel 

Elizabeth rhiladelpliia. 

b.  Jan.  21,  1817. 

"       ""  Louis; ''"'^" d.  of  Thos.  W.  Duf- m.  J.  S.  Fitchett. 

b.  April  12,  1814.  field,  Frankford. 

"       Duer,  Catharine  A.  ...Goshen,  N.  Y. 
b.  Dec.  13,  1815. 

"      Dresher,  Judith d.  of  Phihp  Dresher. 

b.  Dec.  1811. 
1827...Da  Costa,  Rebecca  ^  ^  ,,  t.    n    * 

Mendez d.  of  E.  C.  M.  Da  Costa, 

b.  March  21,  1820.  St.  Thomas,  W.  I. 

"       De  Mott,  Carolina....  d.  of  Cornelius  de  Mott, 

b.  July  24,  1817.  Seneca  Co.,  N.  \. 

'•      De  Young,  Brianna  ..d.  of  Michael  de  Young, 
b.  Aug.  28,  1815.  Baltimore. 

1829...Denny,  Eliz'th  H Northampton  Co.,  Fa. 

b.  Jan.  11.  1816. 

1830. ..Durham,  Isabella d.  of  John  Durham, 

Baltimore. 

"       Dicker,  Ann d.  of  David  Dickey m.  Geo.  T.  Dare,  M.D., 

Dickey,  Ann..  Hopewell  P.  0.,  Coleraine,  Lancaster 

Chester  Co.,  Pa.  Co.,  Pa. 

"  ■««■'-■.  "".a„. d.  of^i-^ji^c.^, -^;z'.!^- 

Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

1831...Suc^ommun,  Adele  ...d.  of  Henry  Ducom- m.  June  10  1845,  Jacob 

b.  Dec.  1819.  mun,  Philadelphia.       Ladomus 

d.  June  ay,  1o4:D. 

1832...Detweiler,  Cath d.  of  Abraham '^\^''^!S^^J'''"' 

Detweiler,  Fran-  Pott  st  own. 

conia,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Pa. 

"      Duncan,  Martha  E....d.  of  Gen.  W.  Dun- d.  Aug   31,  1832,   at 

'  can,  Philadelphia.         the  Seminary. 

1838. ..Dawson,  Harriet 

^„n s.  of  Geo.  L.  Dawson, 

b.  Oct.  21,  1822.  Baltimore. 

1834.. .Dyke,  Amanda w.  of  Zach.  Rhodes, 

]t)_  1818.  Gunpowder,  Md. 

"      Deivin,  Margaret w.  of  Samuel  D.  Dakin, 

b   Nov  1    1820.  Utica,  N.  \. 

1835...Drake,  Elizabeth d.  of  Mrs.  N.  L.  Drake  ...m.  Miner  S.  Blackman. 

b   i8-»i  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.  d. 

"      Duffield,'  Julia  Ann...d.  of  Thos.  W.  Duf-....m.  Saml.  Comly,  Jr. 

b.  Aug.  21,  1820.  field,  Frankford. 

1836. ..De  Forest,  Char- 
lotte  w.  of  Tunis  Egbert, 

b.  June,  1823.  Tompkinsville, 

Staten  Island. 
■•       Davenport,  Eliza  C...d.  of  Ira  Davenport.. ..m.  J.  W   Waterman, 
b   March   1826.  Hornelsville,  Steu-       Detroit,  Mich. 

■  '  '  ben  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Duval    Marv  J d.  of  W.  B.  Duval m.  Z.  AV.  Potter, 

b   1828  MarengoCo.,  Ala.         resides  at  Chester- 

town,  Md. 


342 


CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 


1837. ..Deal,  Amelia  M d.  of  D.  Deal m.  .June  26, 1844,  C.  L. 

b.  Dec.  22,  1824.  Philadelphia.  Strawn. 

d.  Oct.  24,  1845. 
1838. ..De  Forest,  Ann 

Maria d.  of  Charles  de  Forest, 

b.  Nov.  1824.  New  York. 

"       David,  Ellen New  York. 

b.  Nov.  1826. 
'*       David,  Elizabeth New  York. 

b.  Oct.  1829. 
"       Davis,  Caroline w.  of  W.  D.  Burnham, 

b.  Feb.  1825.  West  point,  N.  Y. 

"       Deal,  Catharine 

Ann d.  of  Daniel  Deal m.  1844,  Geo.  Taylor. 

b.  Sept.  20,  1825.  Philadelphia. 

1839. ..De  Forest,  Mary  E.  ..d.  of  C.  de  Forest, 

b.  March,  1829.  New  York. 

1840. ..Dutch,  Rosamond. ...d.  of  Capt.  Geo.  Dutch, 

b.  Nov.  19,  1826.  Springtown,  Bucks 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Dewees,  Ann  Maria. .d.  of  Geo.  W.  Dewees..m.  .Jesse Eastburn, 

b.  Nov.  1829.  Oley  Furnace,  Pa.       •  Upper  Merion, 

Montgomery  Co., 
Pa. 
"       De  Forest,  Julia  w.  of  Tunis  Egbert, 

b.  1825.  Tomkinsville,  N.  Y. 

"       Dwight,  Anna  M'C  ...w.  of  Miss  Sarah 

b.  May  30,  1829.  McCauley,  Phila. 

"       Disdier,  Josephine... Philadelphia. 

b.  Feb.  2,  1825. 
"       Disdier,  Inez Philadelphia. 

b.  July  11,  1827. 
"       De  Forest,  Elvira d.  of  Gerardus  de 

b.  Dec.  1827.  Forest,  New  York. 

"      De  Forest,  Adeline.. .d.  of  Gerardus  de 

b.  Aug.  19,  1829.  Forest,  New  York. 

"       Dalzell,  Elizabeth  ...d.  of  John  Dalzell, 

b.  1826.  Philadelphia. 

1843...Detweiler,  Mary Trappe,  Montgomery. 

b.  1825.  Co.,  Pa. 

1844. ..Dixon,  Aravesta  L.  ...Bethlehem,  Pa m.  G.  W.  Hope, 

Easton,  Pa. 
"       Doremus,  Susan  R.  ..d.  of  D.  G.  Doremus  ...m. 

b.  Nov.  15,  1832.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"       Dunlap,  Caroline 

V d.  of  R.  W.  Dunlap, 

b.  1831.                            Philadelphia. 
"       Davies,  Priscilla  C.New  York m.  S.  Battern. 

b.  March,  1831.  d. 

"       Dearie,  Janet d.  of  .John  Dearie, 

b.  March,  31,  1828.         Philadelphia. 
"       Detwiler,  Cecilia d.  of  H.Detwiler,  M.D... resides  at  Easton. 

b.  April  30,  1829.  Hellertown,  Pa. 

"       Detwiler,  Lucinda....d.  of  H.Detwiler,  M.D  ..m.  Gustavus  Lillien- 

b.  1831.  Hellertown,  Pa.  dahl,  New  York. 

"       Dorney,  Eveline 

Maria Philadelphia. 

b   Dec.  24,  1827. 


BETULEUEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  843 

1845...Dickerson,  Julie, 

b.  June,  1828. 
"      Drum,  Elizabeth  W..d.  of  Charles  Drum, 
b.  April  28,  1832.  Trout  Run,  Lycom- 

ing Co.,  Pa. 

"       David,  Louisa  P d.  of  E.  W.  David, 

b.  Oct.  15,  1881.  Philadelphia. 

"       Deshler,Eliz'thAnn.. North  Whitehall,  Le- 

b.  April  29,  1832.  high  Co.,  Pa. 

"      Dummer,  Virginia d.  of  Ph.  C.  Dummer....m.  —  Rogers. 

b.  Aug.  13,  1831.  Jersey  City.  d. 

"       Dearie,  Marion d.  of  John  Dearie, 

b.  Oct.  24,  1830.  Philadelphia. 

1846...Denniston,  Eliz'th...d.  of  J.  Denniston m.  William  Pnser. 

b.  Dec.  11,  1830.  Tamaqua,  Pa. 
"       De  la  Van,  Jose- 
phine  New  York. 

b.  April  17,  1831. 
De  la  Van,  Edgarine.New  York, 
b.  Feb.  19,  1833. 

"       DLxon,  Mary d.  of  Joseph  S.  Dixon, 

Dauphin  Co.,  Pa. 

"      Dixon,  Ellen d.  of  Joseph  S.  Dixon, 

Dauphin  Co.,  Pa. 
"      Dannenberg,  Ann 

Eliza d.  of  F.  K.  Danncnberg, 

b.  Nov.  18,  1835.  Baltimore. 

"       Denton,  Julia Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

b.  Nov.  25,  1829. 
'■       Denton,  Eliz'th, 
b.  July  24,  1832. 
1847...Denniston,  Henri- 
etta  d.  of  J.  Denniston m.  Oct.  23,  1851,  P.  W. 

b.  Oct.  10,  1832.  Tamaqua,  Pa.  Ash. 

"      Darden,  Mary  Ellen..n.  of  Jacob  Darden m.  Nath.  G.  Norfleet. 

b.  March  10,' 1832.  NansemondCo.,  Va. 

"      Dixon,  Maria  J d.  of  Joseph  S.  Dixon, 

Dauphin  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Dorr,  Elizabeth d.  of  Alfred  Dorr m.  James  Dempsey, 

b.  July  5,  1831.  Albany.  N.  Y.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

1848. ..Daniel,  Maria  B d.  of  A.  Daniel, 

b.  Aug.  7,  1834.  Philadelphia. 

"       Dorr,  Ellen  R d.  of  Alfred  Dorr m.  Alex.  Ostrander. 

b.  July  20,  1834.  Albany,  N.  Y.  N.  Y. 

"      Dyer,  Anna  Maria.. .d.  of  Leon  Dyer,  Balti- 
b.  July,  1839.  more. 

1849. ..Day,  Mary  O d.  of  Wm.  Day,  Camp- 

b.  March  27,  1837.         town  P.  0.,  Essex 
Co.,  N.  J. 
"       De  Camp,  Cornelia. .-d.  of  Wm.  de  Camp, 
b.  Dec.  22,  1835.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"      Dusenbery,  Lydia d.  of  W.  Coxe  Dusen- 

b.  Sept.  1,  1834.  bery.  New  York. 

"       Dusenbery,  Col- 

denia d.  of  W.  Coxe  Dusen- 

b.  April  17,  1840.  bery.  New  York. 

"       Drake,  Cornelia  B.  ...d.  of  Lewis  Drake, 

b.  Jan.  13,  1836.  M.D..  Rahway,  N.J. 


344 


CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 


1850...DealI,  Mary  Ad n.  of  U.  F.  Carpenter, 

b.  Sept.  11,  1838.  New  York. 

"       Derickson,  Mary d.  of  David  Derickson...m.  1855,  Edwin  M. 

b.  1833.  Meadville,  N.  J.  Bean,  Wenona, 

Minnesota. 
Davenport,  Ann  L.  ...d.  of  John  T.  Daven- 
b.  Oct.  30,  1835.  port,  New  York. 

"       Douglas,  Harriet  L...d.  of  E.  A.  Douglas, 
b.  June,  1838.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa. 

1851. ..Dummer,  Helen d.  of  P.  C.  Dummer, 

b.  Feb.  1839.  Jersey  Cit3^ 

"       Doughty,  Louisa d.  of  J.  Doughty, 

b.  May,  1836.  Somerville,  N.  J. 

"       Duckett,  Sarah d.  of  Jos.  H.  Duckett, 

b.  1837.  Philadelphia. 
"       Dorney,  Am.  Cor- 
nelia  d.  of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Dor- 

b.  March,  1835.  ney,  Philadelphia. 

"      Deall,  Sarah  Eliz'th..d.  of  Jona.  J.  Deall, 
b.  Feb.  22,  1837.  Port  Chester,  West 

Chester  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"      Davis,  Sophia  K d.  of  John  Davis, 

b.  Dec.  1835.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Derickson,  Harriet. ..d.  of  D.  Derickson, 
b.  May  29,  1835.  Meadville,  Pa. 

"       Dummer,  Cora  A d.  of  P.  C.  Dummer.  ...Lost  in  steamer  Lyon- 

b.  Oct.  17,  1834.  Jersey  City.  nais,  Nov.  1856. 

1852. ..Deal,  Emmeline d.  of  AVilliam  Deal, 

b.  June  28,  1835.  Philadelphia. 

"      Duff,  Jane d.  of  J.  C.  Duff, 

b.  1839.  Newark,  N.  J. 

Derickson,  Maria d.  of  D.  Derickson, 

b.  May,  1837.  Meadville,  Pa. 

•'       Dingman,  Frances 

C d.  of  M.  W.  Dingman, 

b.  May  25,  1840.  Pike  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Davis,  Emily  S d.  of  Charles  Davis, 

b.  Feb.  21,  1839.  Germantown,  Pa. 

"       Durand,  Celia d.  of  Jas.  M.  Durand, 

b.  Dec.  15,  1836.  Newark,  N.  J. 

1853...Dettry,  Susan  K d.  of  Henry  F.  Dettry, 

b.  May  20,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

"       Doughty,  Sarah  E.  ...d.  of  Joshua  Doughty, 

b.  Dec.  10,  1837.  Somerville,  N.  J. 

"      De  Coursey,  Mary 

Aug d.  of  S.  W.  de  Coursey, 

b   June  29,  1836.  Philadelphia. 
De  Ferriere,  The- 
resa  d.  of  Mrs.  de  Ferriei-e, 

b.  Dec.  22,  1839.  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Davis,  E.  Violetta d.  of  John  Davis,  New 

b.  June  12,  1840.  York. 

Dehaven,  Mary 

Jane d.  of  W.  Dehaven, 

b.  Feb.  5,  1837.  Minersville,  Pa. 

Day,  Harriet  N Newark,  N.  J m.  S.  Whaley. 

b.  1837.  d.  1856. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  345 

1853. ..Danforth, Kate d.  ofJas.  M.  Danforth... Patterson,  N.  J. 

b.  Feb.  21,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

"      Dyott,  Elizabeth d.  of  .1.  B.  Dyott, 

b.  July  25,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"      Dager,  Mary  H d.  of  Daniel  Dager, 

b.  Oct.  20,  1837.  Norristown,  Pa. 
1854...Denison,  M.  Leo- 
nora   s.  d.  of  David  Hayden, 

b.  July  24,  1839.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

"       Dickinson,  Achsah 

B s.  d.  of  Simon  Jones, 

b.  June  28,  1839.  Scranton,  Pa. 
"      Deming,  E.  Ger- 
trude  d.  of  E.  Deming,  M.D., 

b.  Sept.  28,  1838.  La  Fayette,  Ind. 
"      Deming,  Ann  Eliza- 
beth  d.  of  E.  Deming,  M.D., 

b.  Feb.  17,  1842.  La  Fayette,  Ind. 

1855. ..Davenport,  Sarah 

Ellen Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

b.  Sept.  17,  1841. 
'•      Davenport,  Ellen 

Maria Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

b.  Aug.  16,  1846. 
"       Dawes,  Emma  M n.  of  Levi  Bennett, 

b.  Jan.  4,  1841.  Easton.  Pa. 

"       Duer,  Mary d.  of  J.K.  Duer,U.S.N., 

b.  Aug.  8,  1842.  Morristown,  N.  J. 

1856,.  Doughty,  Georgi- 

anna d.  of  George  Doughty, 

b.  Dec.  1,  1839.  Queens  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"      Dean,  Emma d.  of  T.  Dean,  Cincin- 

b.  Aug.  22,  1840.  nati,  Ohio. 

"       Dunwody,  Laleah  G..d.  of  Rev.  J.  B.  Dunwo- 

b.  Sept.  24,  1844.  dy.  Savannah,  Geo. 

"      Dickens,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  Elias  Dickens, 

b.  Nov.  4,  1845.  Philadelphia. 

1857. ..Dearing,  Anna  W d.  of  W.  E.  Dearing, 

b.  April  7,  1840.  M.D.,  Augusta,  Geo. 

"       Denmead,  Mary 

Jane d.  of  Isaac  Denmead, 

b.  June  22,  1841.  Baltimore,  Md. 
"      Davis,  Alice  Vir- 
ginia  d.  of  George  H.  Davis, 

b.  Jan.  30,  1844.  Nesquehoning,  Pa. 

"      Dodson,  Julia  M d.  of  C.  P.  Dodson, 

b.  Nov.  28,  1841.  Geneva,  111. 

"       Derby,  Josephine d.  of  .L  C.  Derby, 

b.  July  29,  1840.  Batavia,  111. 

"      Davis,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Thomas  Davis, 

b.  Nov.  15,  1843.  M.D.,  Montgomery 

Co.,  Pa. 
DwTer,  Mary  E d.  of  Mrs.  Margaret 

b.  March,  1841.  Dwyer,  New  York. 

"       Deal,  Mary d.  of  William  Deal, 

b.  March  23,  1842.         Philadelphia. 


846  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1793...Elinen(lorf,  Maria d.  of  John  Elmendorf...ra.  Judge  Ferd.  Van- 

b.  Sept.  24,  1780.  Rai-itan,  N.  J.  derveer,  Somerville. 

d.  Aug.  1851. 

1794...  Elliot,  Mary  , d.  of  Israel  Elliot, 

b.  Dec.  25,  1783.  Delaware  Co.,  Pa. 

1795. ..Egbert,  Eliza d.  of  Benjamin  Egbert, 

b.  Oct.  1781.  New  York. 

"       Eckert,  Sarah d.  of  Valentine  Eckert...d.  unmarried,  1847. 

b.  July,  1781.  near  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Eckert,  Ann d.of  Va]eutineEckert...m.  —  Baker,  Phila- 

b.  May  4,  178o.  near  Reading,  Pa.         delphia. 

d. 
Elmendorf,  Matina...d.  of  John  Elmendorf...m.  1824,  Lewis  Condict, 
b.  Sept.  26,  1783.  Raritan,  N.  J.  Morristown,  N.  J. 

d.  Aug.  10,  1851. 

1799. ..Ege,  Rebecca d.  of  George  Ege,  Sr...m.  Joseph  Old. 

b.  Oct.  5,  1787.        ■        Tulpehocken,  Pa.  d. 

1801.  .Eaton,  Harriet d.  of  Gen.  Thos.  Eaton, 

b.  Dec.  25,  1791.  Halifax,  N.  C. 

1806...Enninger,  Hannah. ..d.  of  Mrs.  Miller,  New 
b.  July  10,  1798.  York. 

1810. ..Evans,  Eliza  W d.  of  E.  K.  Evans m.  Judge  H.  Shippen, 

Sunbury,  Pa.  Meadville,  Pa. 

1812. ..Eddy,  Sarah d.  of  George  Eddy m.  Aaron  Traver. 

Ulster  Co.,  N.  Y.  d.  Jan.  6,  1844. 

"       Endress,  Sarah  A d.  of  Rev.  Chr.  En-.. ..Removed  to  State  of 

dress,  Easton,  Pa.         New  York. 

1813. ..Earl,  Emily d.  of  William  Earl m.  Wm.  Hughes,  Cin- 

Pittsburg,  Pa.  cinnati,  Ohio. 

1816. ..Ege,  Matilda d.  of  George  Ege,  Jr....Resides  at  Womelsdorf. 

"       Ege,  Sarah d.  of  —  Ege m.  Richard  Boone. 

Reading. 

181 7... Eckert,  Mary d.  of  P.  Eckert Resides  at  Reading. 

Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

Eliot,  Catharine d.  of  Samuel  Eliot,  Jr...m.  L.  J.  Middleton. 

Washington  City. 
1819. ..Eckford,  Henrietta. ..d.  of  Henry  Eckford, 

New  York. 

1822. ..Ege,  Mary d.  of  Geo.  Ege,  Jr m.  —  M.D. 

b.  Jan.  26,  1809.  Womelsdorf,  Berks 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Eppelsheimer,  Mary 

Ann Philadelphia m.  G.  P.  Caldwell. 

"       Ege,  Margaret d.  of  Geo.  Ege,  Jr d. 

Schuylkill  Forge, 
Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

1825...  Eddy,  Anna d.of  Samuel  Eddy m.  1831,.Geo.  M.  Rich- 

b.  Nov.  15,  1810.  Providence,  R.  I.  mond. 

182G...Engelhart,  Maria  M...New  York m.  —  Dorr. 

b.  Nov.  11,  1813. 
1831...Eisenbrandt,  liisette 

D d.  of  C.  H.  Eisen- m.  Rev.  Henry  Scheib. 

b.  Dec.  22,  1818.  brandt,  Baltimore. 

] 833. ..Eggert,  Adeline  A....d.  of  Benj.  Eggert m.  Matthew  Krause. 

b.  July  23,  1821.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Resides  in  Bethlehem. 

1834...Egerton,  Martha  J....d.  of  Mrs.  Peter  Morris, 
b.  Feb.  11,  1822.  New  York. 


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347 


1835 


1836 


1838. 
1839. 

1840. 

1841. 
1842., 

1844.. 
1845.. 


1849. 
1850. 

1851. 
1852. 

1853. 


..Ely,  Delia d.  of  Moses  Ely, 

b.  April  0,  1819.  Blooming  Grove, 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Ely,  Mary  E d.  of  Moses  Ely, 

b.  Nov.  1821.  Blooming  Grove, 

Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

..Everly,  Mary g.  d.  of  Adam  Everly...d. 

Philadelphia. 

Everly,  Cathariue g.  d.  of  Adam  Everly.. .d.  March  29,  1840,  at 

Philadelphia.  the  Seminary. 

Egbert,  Eliza  Ann....d.  of  .Julius  Egbert, 
b.  Sept.  1822.  Tompkinsville, 

Staten  Island. 
..Eisenbrandt,  Sophie 

W d.  of  C.  II.  Eisen- m.  Ernest  Mann. 

b.  Jan.  1825.  brandt,  Baltimore. 

..Estile,  Martha  A d.  of  Jabez  Estile, 

b.  April  28,  1824.  Rockaway,  N.  .1. 

Elmendorf,  Mary d.  of  Peter  T.  Elmen-...m.  Rev.  Eugene  Iloff- 

b.  April,  1828.  dorf,  Somerville  man,  Elizabeth  City. 

N.  .J. 

..Erwin,  Lydia  W d.  of  Henry  Erwin, 

b.  Feb.  1827.  Philadelphia. 

Earl,  Anna  C PhiLadelphia. 

b.  June  22,  1829. 

Earp,  Sarah  W d.  of  Thomas  Earp m.  George  Cookman. 

b.  March,  1829.               Philadelphia. 
..Earl,  Mary  H Philadelphia m. 

..Eisenbrandt,  Au- 
gusta E d.  of  C.  H.  Eisen- m.  .J.  H.  Walze. 

b.  Aug.  20,  1828.  brandt,  Baltimore. 

.Eckstein,  Emma  M,..d.  of  John  Eckstein, 

b.  1828.  Philadelphia. 

Erwin,  Mary  Cath.  ...d.  of  Francis  Erwin.. ..m.  H.  B.  Jones. 

Bethlehem,  Pa.  * 

•  Egner,  Emma  R d.  of  Charles  Egner. 

b.  May  29,  1831.  Philadelphia. 

Egner,  Eliza  H d.  of  Charles  Egner.. ..m.  Andrew  C.  Cattell. 

b.  Jan.  1,  1834.  Philadelphia. 
Eisenbrandt,  Hen- 
rietta  d.  of  C.  H.  Eisen- 

b.  Aug.  11,  1831.  brandt,  Baltimore. 

.Eckel,  Elizabeth Mount  Pleasant,  N.  J. 

b.  Jan.  1832. 
.Enis,  Cath.  Ann d.  of  Henry  Enis m. 

b.  April  20,  1837.  Schuylkill  Haven, 

Pa. 
.Eyer,  Susan d.  of  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Eyer. 

b.  Aug.  18,  1834.  Catawissa,  Pa. 

.Eves,  Sarah  H d.  of  William  Eves, 

b.  March  22,  1830.  Media,  Del.  Co.,  Pa. 

Egbert, Mary Louisa..d.  of  A.  Egbert,  Rich- 

b.  April  10,  1840.            mond,  Staten  Island. 
.Everingham,  Mary  ...Rahway,  N.J Resides  at  Brooklyn. 

b.  March  17,  1830. 


348  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1853. ..English,  Eliza  M d.  of  J.  L.  English Resides  at  Harrisburg, 

b.  April  13,  1837.  Sacramento  City,  Pa. 

Cal. 
1854...Erben,  Mary  Louisa  .d.  of  Henry  Erben, 
b.  Dec.  G,  1839.  New  York. 

"      Everett,  Mary d.  of  Charles  Everett, 

b.  Sept.  1839.  Philadelphia. 

1855. ..Eyer,  Catharine d.  of  Rev.  W.  J.  Eyer, 

b.  Jan.  28,  1838.  Catawissa,  Pa. 

"       Eyer,  Mary d.  of  Rev.  W.  J.  Eyer, 

b.  Nov.  3,  1840.  Catawissa,  Pa. 

"       Ernientrout,  Mary 

E d.  of  Wm.  Ermentrout, 

b.  Jan.  14,  1839.  Reading. 

"       Ellis,  Caroline d.  of  Amos  Ellis, 

b.  April  26,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

1856. ..Ellis,  Hannah  T d.  of  Joseph  Ellis, 

b.  Jan.  25,  1840.  Haddonfield,  N.  J. 

"       Ellis,  Elizabeth  H....d.  of  Joseph  Ellis, 

b.  March  25,  1842.  Haddonfield,  N.  J. 

"       Ernenputsch,  Helen..d.  of  Rev.  W.  Ernen- 
b.  May  3,  1839.  putsch,  Augusta, 

Geo. 
"       English,  Emma  C.  ...d.  of  Abr.  English, 
b.  Dec.  1,  1841.  Philadelphia. 

1857...Engles,  Louisa d.  of  L.  B.  Engles, 

b.  May  22,  1842.  Philadelphia. 

"      Ernenputsch,  Julia.. .d.  of  Rev.  W.  Ernen- 
b.  Aug.  21,  1841.  putsch,  Augusta, 

Geo. 
"       Ernenputsch,  Mary 

C d.  of  Rev.  W.  Ernen- 

b.  May  28,  1846.  putsch,  Augusta, 

Geo. 

"       Eve,  Eva d.  of  William  J.  Eve, 

b.  Nov.  9,  1841.  Augusta,  Geo. 

"       Erwin,  Julia  A d.  of  J.  D.  Erwin, 

b.  Jan.  17,  1842.  Erwinton,  S.  C. 

1789. ..Faesch,  Eliza  Maria..d.  of  John  Faesch m.  1800,  Wm.  H.  Ro- 

Boonton,  N.  J.  binson,  N.  Y. 

d.  Jan.  17,  1850. 

"      Furman,  Ann  Maria..d.  of  Moore  Furman m.  Gen.  Peter  Hunt. 

Lamberton,  N.  J.  d.  Oct.  8,  1816. 

1790...Frelinghuysen, 

Maria d.  of  —  Frelinghuy-...m.  Rev.  John  Connell. 

sen,  Millstone,  N.J.       d.  1827. 

1791. ..Fries,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  Fries, 

b.  June  16,  1778.             Philadelphia. 
"       Flagg,  Maria  M Charleston,  S.  C m.  Ray  Greene. 

"      Field,  Abigail w.  of  Joseph  Ball m.  Cornelius  Bradford. 

Philadelphia.  d. 

"      Fries,  Peggy d.  of  John  Fries m.  Rev.  Christian  F. 

Philadelphia.  Endress,  Lancaster, 

Pa. 
1794...Flahavan,  Eleanora..d.  of  Rogers  Flahavan, 
b.  July  15,  1782.  Philadelphia. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  349 

1794...FIahavan,  Mary d.  of  Rogers  Flahavan, 

b.  June  4,  1784.  Philadelphia. 

1798. ..Fonda,  Elizabeth d.  of  David  Fonda m.  —  Poory,  Balston, 

b.  Oct.  7,  1788.  Albany,  N.  Y.  N.  Y. 

d. 

"       Fisher,  Juliana d.  of  Rev.  —  Fisher. ..d.  .Inly  27,  1800,  at  tlie 

Surinam,  S.  A.  Seminary. 

Fisher,  Louisa d.  of  Rev.  —  Fisher  ...m.  .John  Ricksecker. 

Surinam,  S.  A.  d.  Dec.  30,  1857,  at 

Litiz,  Pa. 

1800.. .Fisher,  Charlotte d.  of  Rev.  —  Fisher. ..m.  — Curtis,  Virginia. 

b.  May  27,  1795.  Surinam,  S.  A.  d.  1856. 

1802...Foncrden,  Ann d.  of  Adam  Fonerden, 

b.  1788.  Baltimore. 

1806. ..Fay,  Harriet 

Wads  worth w.  of  .Joseph  D.  Fay, 

b.  Aug.  25,  1799.  New  York. 

Faugeres,  Eve  Ann 

E g.  d.  of  Louis  Faugeres, 

b.  July  17,  1795.  M.D.,  New  York. 

Faugeres,  Margaret 

M g.  d.  of  Louis  Faugeres, 

b.  June  14,  1797.  M.D.,  New  York. 

1809...Faussecave,  Annette 

D '. d.  of  Decavery  Fausse- 

b.  1797.  cave.  New  York. 

1810. ..Foster,  Maria d.  of  .John  Foster, 

b.  Feb.  9,  1799.  Richmond,  Va. 

"       Foster,  Jane d.  of  John  Foster, 

b.  Jan.  15,  1801.  Richmond,  Ya. 

1813...Forman,  Mary d.  of  Benj.  Forman, 

b.  April  23,  1800.  Queen  Anne  Co.,  Md. 

1815...Faure,  Louisa  F New  York. 

b.  Oct.  1803. 

"       Flower,  Mary  A d.  of  Capt.  Flower, 

b.  June  4,  1805.  Massachusetts. 

"       Flower,  Eliza d.  of  Capt.  Flower, 

b.  Aug.  31,  1807.  Massachusetts. 

•'       Frueauff,  Hedwig 

Angelica d.  of  Rev.  .J.  F.  Frue-....d. 

b.  Dec.  8,  1803.  auflF.  Nazareth,  Pa. 

1816...Fenwick,  Mary d.  of  F.  Fenwick, 

New  York. 

"       Fenwick,  Sarah d.  of  F.  Fenwick, 

New  York. 

1817...Feltus,  Charlotte d.  of  Rev.  H.  Feltus, 

New  Y'ork. 

•       Fish,  Sarah  A d.  of  W.  Fish, 

New  Y^ork. 
Fish,  Catharine  G.  ...d.  of  W.  Fish, 
New  York. 
181 9.. .Frueauff,  Th.  Ade- 
laide  Nazareth,  Pa m.  Rev.  D.  Biglcr. 

b.  Oct.  8,  1810. 

"       Fuiford,  Mary d.of  Wm.  Fulford, 

b.  1800.  Baltimore. 

"       Fulford,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  Wm.  Fulford, 

b.  1809.  Baltimore. 


350  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1819...rulford,  Eleanora....d.  of  AVm.  Fulford, 
b.  1811.  Baltimore. 

Ferguson,  Jane  C.  ...d.  of  Robert  Ferguson, 
b.  March  9,  1807.  Baltimore. 

1820. ..Ford,  Julia d.  of  John  C.  Ford m.  John  A.  Flood, 

b.  Oct.  4,  1805.  Stockholm,  N.  J.  Patterson,  N.  J. 

1821...Faure,  Sophia w.  of  John  Jaques, 

b.  March  28,  1810.  M.D.,  New  York. 

1822. ..Frame,  Jane  H d.  of  Matthew  Frame, 

b.  July  1,  1808.  Charlestown,  Va. 

"       Franklin,  Emily d.  of  John  Franklin, 

b.  Aug.  15,  1808.  New  York. 

"       Frueauff,  Hortensia m.  G.  F.  Bahnson. 

b.  March  15,  1814.  d.  March  15,  1837. 

in  North  Carolina. 

Faure,  Mary w   of  .J.  Jaques,  M.D., 

b.  Dec.  14,  1812.  New  York. 

1823. ..Franklin,  Ann 

Elizabeth ^-  Charles  C.  Walden. 

b.  March,  1810. 
1824. ..Franklin,  Caroline  ...New  York. 

Ford,  Mary d.  of  James  Ford m.  M.  P.  Orton,  M.D. 

b.  April,  1810.  Lawrenceville,  Tioga     d.  June  6,  1852. 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Fishbum,  Rebecca... Colleton  District,  S.  C. 
b.  Aug.  6.  1814. 
1828. ..Foster,  Margaret  B...d.  of  Wm.  Foster, 
b.  March  4,  1819.  Philadelphia. 

"       Finister,  Ann  E d.  of  A.  Finister, 

b.  Jan.  5,  1817.  Baltimore. 

"       Frazier,  Malvina  L.  ..d.  of  Jas.  A.  Frazier...m.  1831,  J.  P.  Frazier. 

b.  March,  1815.  Jennings'  Gap,  Va.        d.  1836. 

"       Frazier,  Angelina 

>I d.  of  Jas.  A.  Frazier. ..m.  Addison  Dold,  M.D. 

b.  Nov.  1818.  Jennings'  Gap,  Va.        Staunton,  Augusta 

Co.,  Va. 

"      Frazier,  Elvira  G d.  of  Jas.  A.  Frazier.. .d.  1830,  in  Philadel- 

Jennings'  Gap,  Va.       phia. 
1829. ..Frazier,  Margaret 

A d   of  Henry  Frazier.  ...m.  —  Reynolds, 

Middlebrook,  Charleston,  Va. 

Augusta  Co.,  Va.  d.  1835. 

1830,..Furness,  Mary  A d.  of  Josiah  Furness, 

b.  Feb.  2,  1818.  Princess  Anne  C.  H., 

Somerset  Co.,  Md. 
1833...Freese,  Sarah  Ann...d.  of  Abraham  Freese..m.  Alfred  Mixell. 
b.  Dec.  30,  1817.  Hope,  N.  J. 

"      Fowler,  Mary 

Estelle d.  of  James  Fowler,  ...resides  at  Elizabeth 

b.  Oct.  1819.  M.D.,  Hamburg,  City. 

N.  J. 
1834. ..Farnum,  Abigail  G.  ..d.  of  Wm.  Farnum, 
b.  Sept.  1822.  Mechanicsville, 

Saratoga  Co..  N.  Y. 

1835...Frizel,  Elizabeth g.  d.  of  Geo.  Bollinger, 

Jackson  C.  H.,  Cape 
Girardeau  Co.,  Mo. 


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351 


1835...Frizel,  Mary  .. 


.  d.  of  Geo.  Bollinger, 
Jackson  C.  II.,  Cape 
Girardeau  Co.,  Mo. 


•'       Forsythe,  Frances 

Caroline w.  of  Rev.  Stephen d.  Aug.  28,  1844. 

b.  Oct.  1824.                    Jewett,  New  Haven, 
Conn. 
"       Fatzingcr,  Catha- 
rine H d.  of  S.  Fatzinger ra.  Rev.  Ashbel  G. 

b.  182G.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.        Ilarned. 

1837... Few,  Catharine d.  of  John  Few,  Car- 

b.  1823.  bondale,  Pa. 

"       Finlay,  Alice d.  of  James  Finlay, 

b.  May,  1825.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

1 838... Fairchild,  Sarah 

Ann d.  of  W.  B.  Fairchild.  ..m.  1846,  Randolph  Pe- 

b.  1 829.  Philadelphia.  ters,  Camden,  N.  J. 

'•       Farr,  3Iary  Ann d.  of  John  Farr m.  Fitzhugh  Coyle, 

b.  Jan.  1827.  Philadelphia.  Washington  City. 

1840. ..Fogel,  Caroline  A d.  of  Solomon  Fogel...ni.  Ephraim  Troxell, 

b.  Jan.  20,  1826.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa.  Wilkes-Bavrc. 

•'      Farnum,  Caroline d.  of  Henry  Farnum...m.  — Bell,  New  York. 

b.  May  25,  1830.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Fogel,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Solomon  Fogel. ..m.  —  Erdman. 

b.  April  2,  1829.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Fogel,  Rosanna  S....d.  of  Benjamin  Fogel. ..m.  .John  R.  Schall, 
b.  July  25,  1828.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa.  Trexlertown,  Pa. 

1841. ..Frey,  Mary  A d.  of  William  Frey, 

b.  May  13,  1827.  Allentown,  Pa. 

French,  Esther  T d.  of  Samuel  French, 

b.  Feb.  1829.  Plymouth,  Luzerne 

Co.,  Pa. 
Finlay,  Sarah  Hill  ...d.  of  James  Finlay....  m.  —  Hope, 
b.  March,  1828.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

1842. ..Fisher,  Georgianna 

King d.  of  Capt.  Reuben Resides  at  Petersburg. 

b.  Oct.  1,  1833.  Fisher,  Norfolk,  Va. 

1846. ..Fogel,  Amanda d.  of  Solomon  Fogel, 

Fogelsville,  Lehigh 
Co.,  Pa. 

"       Fogel,  £liza d.  of  Benjamin  Fogel... m.  AVm.  Llchtenwald- 

Fogelsville,  Lehigh       ner,  Fogelsville. 
Co.,  Pa. 

"       Forney,  Sarah d.  of  John  Forney m.  John  E.  Kaufman. 

Maiden  Creek, 
Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

"      Forijey,  Magdalene. ..d.  of  John  Forney ra.  C.  G.  Schlemm,  M.D. 

Maiden  Creek, 
Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

1847... Fleming,  Mary  A w.  of  Robert  Yelverton, 

b.  Jan.  14,  1832.  New  York. 

1848. ..Fletcher,  Martha d.  of  Thos.  Fletcher, 

b.  May  1,  1832.  Philadelphia. 

"       Fisher,  Clara  A d.  of  John  G.  Fisher, 

b.  Nov.  18,  1837.  New  York. 

1849. ..Fritz,  Susannah d.  of  H.  C.  Fritz. 

b.  Oct.  2,  1830. 


352  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1849...rogel,  Matilda d.  of  Solomon  Fogel, 

b.  Oct.  G,  1834.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Fisher,  Geralcliue New  Orleans m.  Joseph  Turner. 

b.  Sept.  30,  1834.  Drowned  on  Last  Is- 

land, La.,  Aug.  1856. 

"       Fisher,  Valeria New  Orleans Drowned  on  Last  Is- 

b.  Nov.  4,  1837.  land.  La.,  Aug.  1856. 

"       Fisher,  Margaretta...New  Orleans Drowned  on  Last  Is- 

b.  Aug.  17,  1839.  land.  La.,  Aug.  1856. 

"       Folsom,  Elsey  E d.  of  Geo.  W.  Folsom, 

b.  Nov.  12,  1840.  New  York. 

1850...Frailey,  Mary  Ann  ...Salem, 
b.  March  23,  1833. 
"      Fleming,  Martha 

Ann d.  of  James  Fleming, 

b.  June  28,  1834.  Philadelphia. 

"       Finlay,  Ellen Baltimore m. 

b.  1831.  d. 

"       Fulmer,  Mary  M d.  of  John  Fulmer, 

b.  Aug.  15,  1835.  Stewartsville,  War- 

ren Co.,  N.  J. 

"       Ferrie,Einnia...  d.  of  Mrs.  Anna  Ferrie, 

b.  Oct.  3,  1840.  Washington  City. 

"       Fory,  Caroline  O d.  of  J.  C.  Fory, 

b.  March  3,  1840.  Belleview,  Iowa. 

1851. ..Freelan,  Martha  E....d.  of  Mrs.  R.  J.  Free- 
b.  Jan.  6,  1838.  Ian,  New  York. 

1852. ..Fetter,  Eliz'th  M d.  of  Henry  S.  Fetter...m.  1856,  Wm.  Lilien- 

b.  Feb.  19,  1839.  Allentown,  Pa.  dahl.  New  York. 

"       Fisher,  Roberta d.  of  Col.  Daniel  Fisher, 

b.  Aug.  4,  1842.  Pattersonville,  St. 

Mary's  Parish,  La. 
"       Fenner,  Josephine  ...Gnadenhutten,  Ohio, 
b.  Nov.  24,  1834. 

Fickardt,  Mary d.  of  F.  A.  Fickardt, 

M.D.,  Bethlehem, 
Pa. 
Fickardt,  Augusta.. ..d.  of  F.  A.  Fickardt, 
M.D.,  Bethlehem, 
Pa. 
1854...Friedricks,  Amelia 

Augusta d.  of  Chas.  R.  Fried- 

b.  May  16,  1839.  ricks,  Tompkinsville, 

N.Y. 
"       Flammer,  Louisa  H..d.  of  John  Flammer, 

b.  Dec.  24,  1839.  New  York. 

"       Flammer,  Matilda.... d.  of  John  Flammer, 

b.  March  24,  1844.  New  York. 

"       Feltwell,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  Benj.  M.  Feltwell, 

b.  June  3,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

1855...Fortin,  Eliz'th  H d.  of  Samuel  Fortin, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1842.  Philadelphia. 

Fogel,  Clarissa d.  of  Solomon  Fogel, 

b.  Nov.  15,  1838.  Fogelsville,  Pa. 

"       FrueauflT,  Clara d.  of  Rev.  E.  A.  Frue- 

b.  Sept.  19,  1842.  auff,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  353 

1855. ..Fountain,  Anna  P.-.-d.  of  AVm.  Fountain, 
b.  Feb.  H,  1HA3.  Richmond,  Statenl. 

1856. ..Fetter,  Sarah d.  of  J.  G.  Fetter, 

b.  Jan.  27,  1841.  Lancaster,  Pa. 

"       Fenton,  Mary d.  of  James  D.  Fcnton, 

b.  Aug.  15,  1839.  Germantown,  Pa. 

"       Fairman,  Mary d.  of  G.  W.  Fairman, 

b.  .Lin.  7,  1843.  Philadelphia. 

1857. ..Fleming,  Kate  J d.  of  .Icseph  Fleming, 

b.  April  17,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

Filbert,  Lucy d.  of  Samuel  A.  Filbert, 

b.  Oct.  17,  1842.  Reading,  Pa. 

1805... Gregory,  Mary d.  of  David  Gregory. ..m.  Joel  A.  King,  M.D. 

b.  1791.  Albany,  N.  Y.  d. 

Girard,  Antoinette. ..n.  of  Stephen  Girard...m.  John  Hemphill, 
b.  179G.  Philadelphia. 

"       Girard,  Caroline n.  of  Steplien  Girard...m.  Franklin  Peale. 

b.  Ii97.  Philadelphia. 

1806. ..Greene,  Joanna w.  of  —  Reich m.  Joseph  Hauer. 

Nazareth,  Pa. 

Gill,  Mary d.  of  James  Gill m.  John  F.  Steinraan. 

b.  Feb.  17,  1794.  Lancaster,  Pa.  d.  Nov.  28,  1818. 

"       Glascock,  Ann d.  of  Gen.  T.Glascock.. .m.  1st,  John  Malone  : 

b.  Nov.  10,  1793.  Augusta,  Geo.  2d,  Daniel  Savage. 

d.  July  10,  1828. 

1807...Geiger,  Frances Hagerstown,  Md d.  1817 

b.  1796. 

'•       Gautro,  Eliza d.  of  —  Gautro, 

b.  Oct.  14,  1796.  New  York. 

1808...  Gano,  Clarissa  Ann... w.  of  .Judge  M.  B.  Tall- 
b.  Jan.  2,  1796.  madge,  New  York. 

"       Graeff,  Julianna Lancaster,  Pa m.  Daniel  iMoore, 

b.  March  28,  1796.  Philadelphia. 

Girard,  Henrietta n.  of  Stephen  Girard. ..m.  John  Y.  Clark,  M  D. 

b.  .June  2,  1798.  Philadelphi.a. 

Geiger,  Eleanora w.  of  John  Harry m.  Rev.  S.  S. 

b.  May,  1798.  Hagerstown,  Md.  Schmucker. 

d.  1822. 
1809...GreenAvood,  Eliz'th..d.  of  Miles  Greenwood, 
b.  May,  1801.  New  York. 

1810...Gratz,  Louisa Philadelphia. 

b.  March,  1801. 

"       Gratz,  Caroline Philadelphia. 

b.  Feb.  18,  1803. 

1811... Gilpin,  Mary  H d.  of  Mrs.  Mary  Gilpin, 

b.  Jan.  1800.  Elkton,  Md. 

1812. ..Geer,  Ophelia d.  of  Joshua  Geer, 

b.  Oct.  1801.  New  York. 

"       Garr,  Jennet w.  of  Jacob  Drake, 

b.  Dec.  10,  1800.  New  York. 

1813... Geer,  Adeline d.  of  .Joshua  Geer, 

b.  Jan.  8,  1804.  .   New  York. 

Giles,  Ann  A d.  of  Wm.  B.  Giles m.  Gustavus  A.  Myers 

b.  Sept.  4,  1800.  Amelia  Co.,  Va.  Richmond,  Va. 

1815... Giles,  Harriet d.  of  Wm.  B.  Giles m.  —Nash,  Richmond. 

Amelia  Co.,  Va.  Va. 

23 


354  CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS   AT   THE 

1816. ..Graham,  Sarah  Anu-.d.  of  Joseph  Graham, 

New  York. 

Graham,  Frances d.  of  Joseph  Graham, 

New  York. 

•'       Graham,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Graham, 

Loudon  Co.,  Va. 

Graham,  Cecilia d.  of  Wm.  Graham, 

Loudon  Co.,  Va. 
]818...Gittings,  Elizabeth.. .d.  of  James  Gittings, 

Baltimore. 

"       Gilliss,  Leah  Ann d.  of  Thos.  H.  Gilliss...m.  Seth  Todd, 

Washington  City.  d. 

"       Goodrich,  Eliz'th d.  of  Jas.  Goodrich m.  Thomas  H.  Bond. 

New  Haven.  Oswego. 

"       Guiilard,  Mary  Ann  ..Philadelphia. 

b.  May  13,  1805. 
"       George,  Margaret 

\ d.  of  Peter  George, 

b.  1810.  New  Orleans.  ^ 

1820. ..Gillies,  Ann  Jane. 

"       Grant,  Eliza  B New  Brunswick resides  at  Carmanville. 

New  York. 

"       Guyon,  Ann d.  of  Jas.  Guyon m.  Ephraim  Clarke, 

b.  1804.  Staten  Island.  M.D. 

1822...Gillender,  Ann d.  of  Capt.  James  Gil- 

b.  Sept.  29,  1811.  lender.  New  York. 

Gould,  Mary  E.  H.  ...d.  of  James  Gould,  St. 

b.  March  8,  1809.  Simon's  Island,  Ga. 

1823. ..Grant,  Lucy d.  of  Thomas  Grant, 

b.  Jan.  14,  1817.  Grantsville,  Greene 

Co.,  Ga. 
"       Griswold,  Patty 

Ann s.  of  D.  L.  Griswold. 

b.  May  12,  1807. 

1824... Gould,  Jane d.  of  James  Gould,  St...m.  — Richardson, 

b.  1815.  Simon's  Island,  Ga.        Baltimoi-e. 

Graf,  Maria  Louisa...d.  of  Fred.  C.  Graf.....m.  T.  S.  McClelland, 
b.  Jan.  7,  1814.  Baltimore.  Nelson  Co.,  Va. 

•'       Graf,  Sarah  H d.  of  Fred.  C.  Graf.....m.  April  15,  1837,  Wm. 

b.  Aug.  25,  1819.  Baltimore.  Whelan. 

"       Gill,  Zillah  C d.  of  G.  W.  Gill,  Clarks- 

b.  Sept.  1809.  burg,  N.  J. 

"      Gasner,  Mary 

Sophia d.  of  Dan.  Gasner m.  1st,  Michael  Van 

b.  Jan.  9,  1814.  New  York.  Buren ; 

2d,  J.  Caplin. 

ro26... Green,  Adeline  E.  ...d.  of  John  Green d.  1832,  in  Kentucky. 

b.  Nov.  18,  1813.  Marietta,  Ohio. 

1827. ..Gillies,  Cornelia d.  of  Mrs.  King, 

b.  Aug.  31,  1813.  Bloomingdale,  N.  Y. 

"       Gibson,  Emma w.  of  F.  Gebhard, 

b.  1823.  New  York. 

1831. ..Gray,  Ellen n.  of  A.  H.  Carroll, 

b.  1817.  New  York. 

•'       Geddes,  Clarissa w.  of  Samuel  Smith, 

b.  Dec.  17,  1815.  Hollidaysburg,  Pa. 

1832... Gasner,  Anne d.  of  D.  Gasner m.  — Vanderpoel. 

New  York. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE    SEMINARY.  355 

1832...Garrctson,  Mary  C.  ...d.  of  Samuel  rjarretson, 
b.  July  1,  1822.  Gravesend,  L.  L 

1833...GiIIey,  Harriet New  York m.  Prof.  E.  A.  John- 

b.  March  2,  1820.  son. 

1834.. .Gilbert,  Sarah  M d.  of  Jos.  B.  Gilbert.. .m.  Andrew  F.  Ilast- 

b.  July  22,  1819.  Hartford,  Conn.  ings,  New  York. 

"       Gilbert,  Anna d.  of  Jos.  B.  Gilbert... m.  James  L.  Howard. 

b.  Dec.  13,  1821.  Hartford,  Conn. 

1835...Gaylord,  Esther d.  of  H.  Gaylord m.  C.  Miller,  Stock- 

b.  Oct.,  1819.  Plymouth,  near  bridge,  Mich. 

Wilkes-Barrd,  Pa.         d.  Feb.  11,  1857. 

"       Gaylord,  Sarah d.  of  H.  Gaylord m.  C.  L.  Farnum,  Wells- 

b.  March,  1821.  Plymouth,  near  ville,  Tioga  Co.,  Pa. 

Wilkes-Barr<:s  Pa. 

"       Goodman,  Cath d.  of  Rev.  J.  R.  Good- 

b.  July  17,  1821.  man,  Carlisle,  Pa. 

"       Garrits,  Julia d.  of  Leouard  Garrits, 

New  Y'ork. 
"       Gaylor,  Caroline  E.  ..d.  of  Charles  J.  Gaylor, 
b.  Dec.  14,  1825.  New  York. 

1838... Goodman,  Charlotte 

S d.  of  Rev.  J.  R.  Good- 

b.  Jan.  182G.  man,  Greensboro, 
Ala. 
*'       Greiner,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth  d.  G.  Greiner,  Phila- 

b.  May,  1826.  delphia. 

1839...Goepp,  Ottilia d.  of  Rev.  Philip  H....m.  April  15, 1852,  Rev. 

b.  Sept.  10,  1831.  Goepp,  Bethlehem,        Bernhard  de  Schwci- 

Pa.  nitz. 

"       Gilbert,  Elizabeth  ...d.  of  James  Gilbert. ...m. 
b.  1828.  Ellenville,  Ulster 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Guetter,  Louisa  C d.  of  H.  G.  Guet- m.  Sept.  13,  1853,  Cor- 

b.  Oct.  21,  1832.  ter,  Bethlehem,  Pa.       nelius  Knauss.' 

"       Griffiths,  Jane  E w.  of  John  Long, 

b  July  1,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

1841... Garner,  Mary  E d.  of  Capt.  H.  Gar- m.  —  Hance,  M.D., 

b.  Nov.  16,  1828.  ner,  Upperville,  Baltimore. 

Fauquier  Co.,  Va.         d.  1857. 

"       Geisse,  Frederica d.  of  Lewis  Geisse, 

b.  July  28,  1830.  Philadelphia. 

**       Geisse,  Antoinette d.  of  Lewis  Geisse m.  1856,  Herman 

b.  July  10,  1835.  Philadelphia.  C.  Geisse. 

1844. ..Grider,  Jane d.  of  Michael  Grider...m.  April  12,  1853,  Wm. 

b.  Sept.  21,  1831.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  A.  Jacobson. 

■"       Guetter,  Henrietta 

F d.  of  Henry  G.  Guet-... m.  July  18,  1854,  Chas. 

b.  Jan.  14,  1833.  ter,  Bethlehem,  Pa.       Klose,  Philadelphia. 

1845...Graeff,  Mary  E d.  of  Wm.  Graeff. d.  1846. 

b.  July,  1829  Pine  Grove,  Pa. 

"       Goodell,  Caroline 

M d.  of  Frederic  GoodelL.m.  —  Clark,  New 

b.  1838.  Easton,  Pa.  York. 

"       Green,  Sarah  J.  S. .  ...n.  of  M.  A.  Stock, 
Lewisburg,  Union 
Co.,  Pa. 


856  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1845. ..Gross,  Julia  Aim d.  of  Gen.  John  E m.  John  E.  Malin, 

b.  May  4,  182G.  Gross,  Trappe,  Philadelphia. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Gross,  Mary d.  of  Gen.  John  E m.  Benj.  P.  Wertsner, 

b.  Jan.  4,  1828.  Gross,  Trappe,  Whitpain. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 
1846... Gait,  Mary  Eliz'th....d.  of  .John  M.  Gait, 
b.  April,  1835.  M.D.,  U.S.N., 

Chattahoochee,  Fa. 

1847...Govan,  Sarah  D d.  of  P.  Govan,  Lamar, 

b.  May  19,  1834.  Marshall  Co.,  Miss. 

"       Govan,  Eliz'th  J d.  of  P.  Govan,  Lamar, 

b.  June  5,  1836.  Marshall  Co.,  Miss. 

1848...  Grim,  Catharine  B.  ..d.  of  Daniel  Grim, 

b.  Aug.  16,  1831.  Grimville,  Berks  Co., 

Pa. 

"       Guetter,  Ellen  M Bethlehem. 

b.  June  28.  1836. 

1849... Grim,  Isabella Lehigh  Co.,  Pa m.  Rev.  —  Herman, 

Maxatawny,  Berks 
Co.,  Pa. 

"       Grim,  Louisa Lehigh  Co.,  Pa resides  at  Monterey, 

Berks  Co.,  Pa. 
"       Geissinger,  J.  Eliza- 
beth  Freemansburg,  Pa. 

"       Geissinger,  Lonisa... Freemansburg,  Pa. 
"       Geiseuberger,  Hen- 
rietta   d.  of  Jos.  Geisenberger, 

b.  March  29,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

"       Goodwin,  Henrietta-New  York, 
b.  Feb.  27,  1838. 
1850. ..Gamble,  Isabella  C.d.  of  Jas.  S.  Gamble, 
b.  Jan.  26,  1840.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"       Gamble,  Mary  O.B...d.  of  Jas.  S.  Gamble, 
b.  Nov.  2,  1841.  Newark,  N.  J. 

1851. ..Griffin,  Margaretta 

li d.  of  Sidney  L.  Griffin, 

Hempstead,  L.  I. 

"       Griffin,  Maria  L d.  of  Sidney  L.  Griffin, 

b.  June,  1835 ;  twins.     Hempstead,  L.  I. 

1852... Gross,  Matilda  A d.  of  Thos.  J.  Gross, 

b.  June  30,  1834.  Trappe,  Mont- 

gomery Co.,  Pa. 

"       Griffin,  Anna  J d.  of  S.  L.  Griffin, 

b.  Sept.  15,  1836.  Long  Island. 

"       Geisenberger,  Ellen-.d.  of  Jos.  Geisenberger, 

b.  Feb.  27,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

1853... Gibson,  Grace  L d.  of  Wm.  Gibson, 

b.  Jan.  11,  1842.  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

''       Goundie,  Emma 

A.  V d.  of  H.  G.  Goundie, 

b.  Aug.  13,  1842.  U.S.  consul,  Zurich, 

Switzerland. 
"       Geisenberger,  Mary..d.  of  Jos.  Geisenberger, 

Philadelphia. 

"       Grim,  Catharine d.  of  Samuel  Grim, 

b.  Sept.  6,  1838.  Monterey,  Berks 

Co.,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE   SEMINARY.  357 

1853... Grant,  Isabella d.  of  Mrs.  C.  M.  Grant, 

b.  March  1,  1838.  New  York. 

Godley,  Caroline d.  of  Jesse  Godley, 

b.  Oct.  19,  1830.  rhiladelphia. 

"       Grundy,  Susan  H d.  of  Edmund  Grundy, 

Oct.  22,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

1854... Grim,  Mary  A d.ofD.  K.  Grim,  Phila- 
delphia. 

"       Greble,  Louisa Fort  Delaware,  Del. 

b.  Dec.  24,  1830. 

Greble,  Josephine Fort  Delaware,  Del. 

b.  Sept.  2,  1840. 

"       Gordon,  Anne  A d.  of  Peter  Gordon, 

b.  .July  2,  1836.  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

"       Gordon,  Grace  V d.  of  Peter  Gordon, 

b.  Nov.  8,  1838.  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

1855...Garabrant,  C.  Vir- 

<riiiia n.  of  A.  L.  Sayre, 

b   March  23,  1839.         Madison,  Morris 
Co.,  N.  J. 

"       Green,  Mary  F d.  of  Garret  Green, 

b.  June  14,  1841.  Elizabeth  City,  N.J. 

Guetter,  Caroline d.  of  Henry  G.  Guetter, 

b.  March  13,  1842.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Gunnison,  Maria  D...d.  of  J.  W.  Gunnison, 
b.  June  19,  1843.  U.S.A.,  Athens, 

Geo. 

"       Gunnison,  Bessie d.  of  J.  W.  Gunnison, 

b.  Sept.  3,  1845.  U.S.A.,  Athens, 

Geo. 

185(3... Getty,  Rebecca  A d.  of  R.  P.  Getty, 

b.  Aug.  16,  1840.  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

•'       Greble,  Hannah  T....d.  of  Edwin  Greble, 
b.  Nov.  30,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

"       Greble,  Sarah  M d.  of  Edwin  Greble, 

b.  June  23,  1844.  Philadelphia. 

"       Gelbach,  Sophia  R....d.  of  George  Gclbach, 

b.  Aug.  24, 1841.  Philadelphia. 

"       Glenn,  Hannah  P d.  of  Mrs.  Esther  A. 

b.  June  5,  1843.  Glenn,  New  York. 

Geib,  Lavinia d.  of  AVilliam  Geib, 

b.  March  12,  1840.  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

"       Gihon,  Sallie d.  of  Mrs.  J.  Edwards, 

b.  Feb.  27,  1844.  Philadelphia. 

1857. ..Grim,  Catharine d.  of  Seth  Grim, 

b.  Aug.  24,  1844.  Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Graves,  Louisa  G d.  of  Wm.  H.  Graves, 

b.  June  12,  1845.  New  York. 

1788...Heckewelder, 

Joanna  Maria d.  of  Rev.  J.  Hecke-... Single  ;  resides  m 

b.  April  16,  1781.  welder,  Salem,  Bethlehem. 

First  white  child  born     Ohio. 

in  the  State  of  Ohio. 
1789. ..Hickley,  Ann  Maria...d.  of  Mrs.  J.  Hickley, 

b.  Nov.  7,  1778.  Baltimore. 


358  CATALOGUE  OF  PUPILS  AT  THE 

1789... Howard,  Mary d.  of  .Toshua  Howard. ..m.  —  Thomas. 

b.  Feb.  16,  1780.  Baltimore  Co.,  Md. 

"       Howe,  Eliza d.  of  Mrs.  Mary  Howe, 

b.  Oct.  4,  1780.  New  York. 

"       Hubbard,  Sarah d.  of  Nehemiah  Hub-...m.  1st,,  Nov.  11,  1798, 

b.  Jan.  11,  1780,  bard,  Middletown,         —  Rosekrans ; 

Conn.  2d,  Sept.  15,  1808, 

Enoch  Parsons,  Mid- 
dletown, Conn. ; 
resides  at  Ashtabula, 
Ohio. 
"       Heyliger,  Ann 

Maria New  Haven  Conn m.  John  Benners. 

d. 

1790. .. Hammond,  3Iartha.... Boston  Mass m.  —  Ogden. 

b.  Jan.  27,  1778. 

"       Hunter,  Catharine.  ...Newport,  R.  I m. 

b.  Feb.  28,  1775.  resides  in  France. 

"       Harrison,  Catharine..New  York. 

"       Huntington,  Lucy d.  of  Andrew  Hunt- m.  Elisha  Tracy. 

ington,  Norwich,  d.  March,  1846, 

Conn, 
"       Huntington,  Eliza 

Moore d.  of  Gen.  Jedediah....d.  Mai'ch,  1823. 

Huntington,  New 
London,  Conn. 

1791. ..Howard,  Rachel d.  of  Joshua  Howard, 

Baltimore. 
"       Hiester,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  Gabriel  Hiester...d.  1847. 

Reading,  Pa, 
"       Hiltzheimer,  Han- 
nah  d.  of  Jacob  Hiltzhei-...m.  Richard  E.  Smith. 

mer,  Philadelphia.        d. 
"       Hiester,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  Col.  Jos.  Hiester. ..m.  H.  A.  Muhlenberg. 

Reading,  Pa.  d.  1806, 

"       Hiester,  Rebecca d.  of  Col.  Jos.  Hiestcr...m.  as  2d  wife,  H.  A. 

Reading,  Pa.  Muhlenberg, 

d.  1841. 

"       Huntington,  Ann d.  of  Gen.  Jedediah.  ...m.  Peter  Richards. 

Huntington,  New  d.  Jan.  1857. 

London,  Conn. 

"       Harper,  Peggy Philadelphia m.  —  Harper. 

1792,,, Henry,  Martha  E d,  of  Robert  Henry m.  William  Hallowell, 

Albany,  N.  Y,  Montreal,  C.  E. 

d. 

"      Hiester,  Maria d.  of  Gabriel  Hiest.er...m.  Fred.  A.  Schulze. 

Reading,  Pa.  d. 

"       Habacker,  Margaret.-d.  of  G.  Habacker m.  -  -  Gravenstine. 

Philadelphia. 

"      Halsey,  Sarah d.  of  Thos.  Lloyd  Hal- 

b.  Dec,  4,  1778.  sey.  Providence,  R.I. 

"       Harker,  Esther d.  of  Joseph  Harker.,.m.  Oct.  8,  1803,  Wm. 

b.  Nov.  20,  1783.  Philadelphia.  Foster. 

d.  April  1,  1853. 
''       Huntington,  Faith.. ..d.  of  Gen.  Jedediah.. ..m.  Benj.  Huntingtosi. 
Huntington,  New  d.  April,  1838. 

London,  Conn. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE   SEMINARY.  359 

1792...Henszey,  Ann d.  of  Joseph  IIenszcy...ni.  1708,  John  Dcrby- 

b.  June  15,  1777.  Philadelphia.  shire. 

d.  June  17,  1845. 

1703. ..Henry,  Eliza Lancaster,  Pa d. 

"       Harris,  Molly d.  of  David  Harris, 

b.  Feb.  24,  1781.  Baltimore. 

"       Horsefield,  Sar.ah d.  of  Jos.  Horsefield,   , 

b.  Dec.  17,  1785.  Bethlehem. 

"       Holfman,  Maria s.  d.  of  John  Grier, 

b.  July  7,  1780.  Redhook,  N.  Y. 

"       Habacker,  Mary Philadelphia m.  —  Benezet. 

b.  April  15,  1783.  d. 

"       Hunter,  Ann d.  of  Rev.  Andrew 

b.  Oct.  28,  1780.  Hunter,  Woodbury, 

Gloucester  Co.,  N.J. 

"      Harper,  Harriet s.  d.  of  J.  G.  de  la 

b.  July,  1782.  Roche,  Philadelphia. 

''       Harper,  3Iira s.  d.  of  J.  G.  de  la 

b.  May  22,  1783.  Roche,  Philadelphia. 

Herttell,  Ann d.  of  John  Herttell, 

b.  June  2f3,  1783.  New  York. 

"       Huntington,  Harriet 

Smith d.  of  Jed.  Huntington..m.  .John  Dewift. 

b.  July  24,  1784.  New  London,  Conn.      d.  Sept.  1849. 

1795. ..Handy,  Mary d.  of  John  Handy m.  Samuel  Handy, 

b.  May  14,  1783.  Newport,  R.  I.  d.  1805. 

"       Handy,  Jane d.  of  John  Handy d.  180G;  unmarried. 

b.  July  26,  1786.  Newport,  R.  I. 

"       Handy,  Mehitable n.  of  Wm.  Handy m.  George  Mumford. 

b.  Aug.  11,  1784.  M.D.  d.  1851. 

"       Hamilton,  Mary 

Lyon d.  of  Capt.  A.  J.  Hamil- 
ton. New  York. 

"       Hillhouse,  Sarah d.  of  Daniel  Hillhouscm.  —  Gilbert. 

b.  Sept.  1782.  Washington,  Wilkes      d. 

Co.,  Ga. 

"       Hillhouse,  Mary d.  of  Daniel  Hillhouscm.  Andrew  Sheppard. 

b.  Dec.  1784.  Washington,  Wilkes      d. 

Co.,  Ga. 

"       Henry,  Elizabeth d.  of  W.  Henry m.  Aug.  23,  1804,  John 

b.  Oct.  15,  1782.  Nazareth,  Pa.  Jordan,  Phila. 

d.  Dec.  15,  1844, 

]706...Hinman,  Laura d.  of  Eph.  Hinman m.  Russell  Leaven- 

b.  May  14,  1783.  Woodbury,  Conn.  worth. 

d.  Oct.  2,  1816. 

"       Haldeman,  Ann d.  of  Jno.  Haldeman...m.  —  Lewis,  Balti- 

b.  Dec.  25,  1782.  Donegal,  Pa.  more. 

"       Hamilton,  Agnes  D.  ..New  York. 

b.  Sept.  1784. 
"       Howard,  Deborah  ....d.  of  Joshua  Howard, 
b.  Aug.  17,  1786.  Frederic  Co  ,  Md. 

1798. ..Henry,  Anna d.  of  Wm.  Henry d.  1801. 

b.  Sept.  20.  1784.  Nazareth.  Pa. 

"       Harrison,  Eliza d.  of  John  Harrison, 

b.  August,  1785.  Chester,  Pa. 

•'       Hooker,  Hannah  A... d.  of  Capt.  James m.  June  11, 1810,  Rev. 

b.  Sept.  14,  1785.  Hooker,  Windsor,  ,\ndrew  Yates,  D.D., 

Conn.  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 


360  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

] 798... Hooker,  Dorothy  G...cl.  of  Capt.  .Lames m.  June  24,  1813, 

b.  July  15,  1787.  Hooker,  Windsor,         Judge  Elisha  B. 

Conn.  Strong,  Kochester. 

d.  Feb.  15,  1850. 

1800...Heckewelder,  Anna 

R d.  of  C.  Heckewel- m.  May  20,  1816,  F.  C. 

b.  July  14,  1791.  der,  Bethlehem.  Kampmann,  Phila- 

delphia. 

d.  Dec.  11,  1818. 
1801...Hcimbcrger,  Maria...d.  of  F.  Heimberger, 

Philadelphia. 

1802...Hackley,  Ann  M d.  of  Eichard  Hackley, 

b.  Aug.  25,  1791.  New  York. 

Hackley,  Maria d.  of  Richard  Hackley, 

New  York. 
"       Hackley,  Jane  E.  C...d.  of  Richard  Hackley, 
b.  May  31,  1795.  New  York. 

"       Holland,  Maria Savannah,  Ga. 

b.  Oct.  19,  1790. 
"       Herriman,  Martha.. ..Jamaica,  L.  I. 
b.  Oct.  29,  1789. 

1808. ..Henry,  Maria d.  of  Wm.  Henry m.  Nov.  29,  1811,  Rt. 

b.  May  6,  1789.  Nazareth,  Pa.  Rev.  A.  Benade, 

Bethlehem. 

"       Huffnagle,  Sarah Lancaster. 

"       Hughes,  Charlotte.... Baltimore  Co.,  Md. 

"       Hughes,  Harriet Baltimore  Co.,  Md. 

1804. ..Henry,  Sabina d.  of  AVm.  Henry m.  Sept.  28,  1809,  J. 

b.  Aug.  4,  1792.  Nazareth,  Pa.  F.  Wolle. 

"       Huddell,  Hannah d.  of  Joseph  Huddell...m.  Rev.  Charles  M. 

b.  Sept.  13,  1792.  Philadelphia.  Dupuy. 

d.  1852. 
"      Hort,  Susannah 

Gibbes d.  of  Wm.  Hort, 

b.  1789.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

"       Hort,  Catharine  C....d.  of  Wm.  Hort, 

b.  1793.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

1805...Halsey,  Frances  M...d.  of  Thos.  L.  Halsey..m.  Oct.  19,  1812,  Geo. 
b.  May  2,  1793.  Providence,  R.  I.  W.  Cross,  Charles- 

ton, S.  C. 
■'       Holloway,  Martha 

D d.  of  E.  B.  Holloway.. ..m.  Edmund  Pritchett. 

b.  Oct.  1795.  Petersburg,  Va.  d.  Dec.  1858. 

•'       Hull,  Betsey d.  of  Col.  Peter  Hull, 

South  Branch,  Pen- 
dleton Co.,  Ya. 
1806... Hammond,  Abigail.. .w.  of  Abijah  Ham- 
b.  Mai'ch,  1792.  mond.  New  York. 

"       Harness,  Sarah d.  of  Geo.  Harness d.  May,  1854. 

b.  1796.  Moorefield,  Hardy 

Co.,  Va. 

"       Hosmer,  Maria d.  of  Prosper  Hosmer..m.  Daniel  W.  Gantley, 

b.  Oct.  28,  1795.  Hudson,  N.  Y.  Athens,  N.  Y. 

1807...Hewsbn,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Hewson m.  1815,  Abram  Balt- 

b.  Feb.  14,  1790.  Philadelphia.  zell,  Gallatin,  Tenn. 

"       Hewson,AnnEliz'th..d.  of  Wm.  Hewson m.  1821,  —  Gordon, 

b.  Nov  9,  1797.  Philadelphia.  Nashville,  Tenn. 

d.  1825. 


BETHLEUEM   FEMALE    SEMINARY.  361 

1807. ..Henderson,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Henderson. ..ra.  April  27, 1821,  Hen- 

b.  Aug.  2(J,  17'J5.  Middletown,  Conn.        ry  AVoodward,  M.D. 

"      Huguct,  Alida 

Gouverneur d.  of  Francis  Huguet, 

b.  Oct.  I'J,  1798.  New  York. 

1808... Hay,  Catharine Philadelphia. 

"       Hart,  Eliza d.  of  Elisha  Hart m.  Heman  Allen,  Ver- 

b.  Nov.  23,  1795.  Saybrook,  Conn.  mont. 

"       Hart,  Amelia d.  of  Elisha  Hart m.  Com.  Isaac  Hull, 

b.  Nov.  12,  1798.  Saybrook,  Conn.  U.S.N. 

"       HoAvell,  Jane  A d.  of  Mrs.  Margaret 

b.  Sept.  5,  1795.  Howell,  Frankford, 

near  Philadelphia. 
"       HoAvell, Emmeline...d.  of  Mrs.  Margaret 
Howell,  Frankford, 
near  Philadelphia. 

1809...Horsfield,  Letitia d.  of  W.  Horsficld m.  Copeland  Boyd. 

b.  Nov.  8,  1797.  Emmaus,  Pa. 

"       Hay,  Mary d.  of  Mrs.  Cath.  Hay, 

b.  Jan.  19,  1797.  Philadelphia. 

"       Hozey,  Jane d.  of  Isaac  Hozey, 

b.  Oct.  9,  1799.  Philadelphia. 

"       Halberstadt,  Mary 

Ann d.  of  Geo.  Halber- m.  April27, 1815,  Lewis 

b.  March  9,  1794.  "stadt,  Philadelphia.       P.  Gebhard,  M.D. 

d.  March  4,  1856. 

1810...Hugget,  Susan d.  of  Sigismund  Hug- 

b.  March,  1798.  get,  Newai'k,  N.  J. 
"       Henderson,  Eliza- 
beth Ann w.  of  Lewis  Randolph, 

b.  May  4,  1798.  New  York. 

"       Heartt,  Ann  Eliza.... d.  of  Philip  Heartt, 

b.  Dec.  24,  1797.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

"       Hyatt,  Susan d.  of  Mrs.  Sarah twice  married; 

b.  Oct.  1799.  Stockton,  Wilming-       2d,  to  Judge  Har- 

ton,  Del.  wood;  resides  in 

Baltimore. 

1811...Hngget,  Clarissa w.  of  Antony  Mar- 

b.  July  12,  1799.  cellin.  New  York. 

"       Hyde,  Jane  P d.  of  Benjamin  Hyde, 

b.  Oct.  10,  1798.  New  York. 

1812...Horsfield,  Mary 

Ann d.  of  W.  Horsfield d.  Oct.  19,  183G. 

b.  Oct.  18,  1800.  Emmaus,  Pa. 

"       Hill,  Sarah s.  d.  of  Thos.  Dodson, 

b.  Aug.  1,  1799.  Kent  Co.,  Md. 

1813...Heide,  Ann d.  of  George  Heide m.  Z.  Cooch. 

b.  Dec.  20,  1799.  Baltimore. 

"       Heide,  Caroline d.  of  George  Heide m.  —  Ferguson. 

b.  Jan.  15,  1802.  Baltimore. 

"       Hitncr,  Isabella d.  of  D.  Hitner,  Mont-..m.  Henry  Potts,  Potts- 

b.  Jan.  12,  1799.  gomery  Co.,  Pa.  town. 

1814. ..Hirst,  Clarissa  A d.  of  Thomas  Hirst, 

b.  March  1,  1800.  Philadelphia. 

"       Huebener,  Lydia d.  of  Abraham  Huebe-..m.  Sept.  22, 1822, Timo- 

b.  Aug.  26,  1800.  ner,  Bethlehem.  thy  Weiss  ;  resides 

in  Mauch  Chunk. 


362  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1814...Hurtin,  H.  Ann d.  of  John  G.  Hurtin, 

Goghen,  N.  Y. 
"       Hurtin,  Caroline  M...d.  of  John  G.  Hurtin, 

Goshen,  N.  Y. 
"       Hurtin,  Frances  A.  ...d.  of  John  G.  Hurtin, 
Goshen,  N.  Y. 

1815. ..Horn,  Maria d.  of  Abraham  Horn....m.  Abraham  Coryell. 

b.  Feb.  4,  1805.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Hodges,  Mary 

Eleanor d.  of  John  Hodges m.  Benj.  B.  Hodges. 

b.  Oct.  16,  1801.  Upper  Marlborough, 

Prince  George's  Co., 
Md. 

"       Hodges,  Mary  Ann...d.  of  Thomas.  B m.  Capt.  Thomas  Eins- 

b.  Feb.  1802.  Hodges,  M.D.  field. 

d.  Aug.  1846. 

"       Hunt,  Ruth  P d.  of  Bev.  G.  A.  Hunt, 

Sussex  Co.,  N.  .J. 

"       Hale,  Eliza d.  of  B.  Hale,  To- m.  1824,  Wm.  Patton. 

b.  Nov.  27,  1804.  wanda,  Bradford  d.  1840. 

Co.,  Pa. 

181 6... Henry,  Maria d.  of  James  Henry, 

Detroit,  Mich. 
"       Hieskell,  Frances 

E Bristol,  Pa m.  Timothy  M.  Bryan. 

d.  1834. 

"       Heron,  Catharine d.  of  H.  Heron m.  June  27,  1824, 

b.  March  29,  1804.  New  York.  Bethuel  Bunker, 

"      Heide,  Mary  A d.  of  G.  Heide,  Balti-..m.  Wm.  Norris,  Phila- 

more.  delphia. 

"       Humphries,  Eleanor.. Dublin,  Ireland m.  Jas.  M.  Danforth, 

Philadelphia. 
d. 
"      Harrison,  A.  Emmc 

line d.  of  John  Harrison, 

New  York. 

"       Henkel,  Caroline St.  Croix,  AYest  Indies..d.  Nov.  15,  1816,  in 

the  seminary. 
1817...Hacke,  Sophia  L d.  of  N.  Hacke,  Balti- 
more. 
Howell,  Mary  Ann  ...d.  of  Philip  F.  Howell, 
Trenton,  N.  J. 
"       Hindes,  Olivia d.  of  J.  Hindes,  Balti- 
more. 

Herttell,  Esther d.  of  John  Herttell, 

New  York. 
"       Horsfield,  Sarah  J. .  ..Newport,  R.  I. 
b.  Jan.  2,  1808. 

"       Halliday,  Rosina Belfast,  Ireland. 

"       Hastings,  Joanna d.  of  John  Hastings, 

b.  March  21,  1807.  Delaware  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Hitchcock,  Mary  A.  ..New  York. 
1818...Halstead,Martha  A.  ..New  York. 

"       Harris,  Mary  Ellen. ..d.  of  St.  Harris d. 

Norfolk,  Va. 
"       Hamilton,  Euphe- 

mia d.  of  James  Hamilton, 

Brooklyn. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY. 


363 


181 8. ..Hodges,  Liicinda Qucon  Anne  Co.,  Md. 

"       Havens,  Jane  T d.  of  B.  Havens,  M.D..m.  Samuel  Marshall, 

Deckertown,  N.  J.  M.D. 

d. 

"       Heron,  Elizabeth d.  of  H.  Heron m.  John  Pell. 

New  York.  d.  Jan.  15,  1839. 

"       Harris,  Sarah d.  of  St.  Harris,  Nor-...m.  Rev.  Sheplierd  K. 

b.  Sept.  15,  1804.  folk,  A'a.  KoUock,  New  Jersey. 

"       Hubbell,  Susan  M....d.  of  Levi  Hubbell, 
b.  Oct.  19,  1804.  New  York. 

Hubbell,  Ann  M d.  of  Levi  Hubbell. 

b.  Nov.  1810.  New  York. 

"       Havens,  Julia  Ann. ..Sag  Harbor,  N.  Y. 

b.  Oct.  1806. 
"       Harrison,  Mary  W,  ...d.  of  Al.  Harrison, 
b.  Sept.  17,  1805.  Philadelphia. 

1819...Heide,  Emma, 
b.  Oct.  1,  1800. 
"       HoUman,  Susanna, 
b.  Oct.  23,  1807. 

"       Hill,  Siloam d.  of  Laurence  HiU....m.  1st,  Wm.  Kinsolm  ; 

b.  March  1,  1801.  Alexandria,  D.  C.  2d, , 

Brooklyn. 

1820. ..Hope,  Catharine d.  of  Thomas  Hope, 

Philadelphia. 

"       Hinman,  Cath.  A d.  of  Isaac  Hinman....ra.  1st.,  July,  1827, 

b.  May,  1807.  Bridgeport,  Conn.         Walter  R.  English ; 

2d,  April,  1852,  Wm. 
King,  Linden,  Ma- 
rengo Co.,  Ala. 
"       Hodgkinson,  Hen- 
rietta  d.  of  Mrs.  John  Harris, 

b.  June,  1809.  Savannah,  Ga. 

1821...Harth,  Eliz'th  M d.  of  William  Harth, 

b.  Aug.  24,  1810.  Charleston. 

"       Harth,  Harriet  Is d.  of  William  Harth, 

b.  Nov.  20,  1811.  Charleston. 

1822. ..Humphreys,  Sarah 

A d.  of  D.  Humphreys, 

b.  June  26,  1808.  Charlestown,  Va. 

"       Hummel,  Rebecca. 

"       Henderson,  Eliza New  York. 

b.  Aug.  9,  1810. 

Henderson,  Marg»t....New  York d.  Sept.  5,  1824,  in  the 

b.  June  10,  1812.  Seminary. 

1824. ..Harper,  Elizabeth.. ..d.  of  James  Harper, 
b.  March  26,  1811.  Philadelphia. 

"       Hamilton,  Eliz'th d.  of  John  Hamilton. ..d. 

b.  1810.  New  York. 

"       Hamilton,  Jean d.  of  John  Hamilton. ..d. 

b.  1812.  New  York. 

"       Halberstadt, 

Achsah d.  of  George  Halber-...m.  May,  1831,  Rev. 

b.  April  3,  1811.  stadt,  Philadelphia.       .lacob  C.  Sears, 

Somerset  Co.,  N.  J. 
"       Hamilton,  Euphe- 

mia d.  of  John  Hamilton, 

b.  1808.  New  York. 


364  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1825... Hamilton,  Jean- 

nette d.  of  John  Hamilton, 

b.  1808.                              New  York. 
"       Hutter,  Amelia Easton,  Pa m.  Andrew  H.  Reeder. 

b.  Oct.  9,  1810. 
"       Hall,  Josephine  C. ...  w.  of  Daniel  Conner, 

b.  May,  1814.                   U.S.N.,  New  York. 
"       Harper,  Jane d.  of  Thos.  Harper m.  Henry  Levering. 

b.  April  1,  1811.              Philadelphia. 
"       Hoppe,  Ann  Louisa...d.  of  .J.  Hoppe m.  F.  K.  Dannenberg. 

b.  May  3,  1814.  Baltimore. 

"       Hough,  Hannah n.  of  John  Hough, 

b.  May  15,  1811.  Morrisville,  Bucks 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Hough,  Mary n.  of  John  Hough, 

b.  Dec.  1812.  Morrisville,  Bucks 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Harmer,  Cordelia 

Ann s.  d.  of  David  T.  Cooper, 

b.  .June  17,  1811.  Brooklyn. 

"       Hawes,  Charlotte d.  of  Gen.  Jos.  Hawes...m.  1831,  George  West, 

b.  .July  13,  1812.  Providence,  R.  I.  Taunton,  Mass. 

"      Hawes,  Sarah d.  of  Gen.  Jos.  Hawes. ..m.  1883,  Geo.  Harris. 

b.  May  22,  1811.  Providence,  R.  L 

1826... Harmer,  Eliza. 
"       Henk,  Caroline d.  of  F.  Wm.  Henk, 

b.  Feb.  21,  1815.  Baltimore. 

"       Howard,  Julia  F d.  of  Maj.  Geo.  Howard, 

b.  March  1,  1812.  New  York. 

1827. ..Hamilton,  Elizabeth 

B d.  of  John  Hamilton, 

b.  Jan.  11,  1816.  Philadelphia. 

"       Hieskill, Ellen Mary..d.  of  Thos.  Hieskill....m.  Thomas  Holyoake, 

b.  May  14,  1818.  Philadelphia.  New  York. 

d.  Jan.  10,  1858. 
"       Huflrnagle,]MaryA.  ...d.  of  John  Huffnagle...m.  —  Davis. 

b.  Oct.  9,  1814.  Philadelphia. 

1828. ..Howell,  Ann  Eliza....d.  of  Eseck  Howell m.  Wm.  M.  Burke. 

Easton,  Pa. 
"       Harvey,  Emma  E d.  of  Thos.  M.  Harvey, 

b.  June  9,  1816.  New  York. 

"       Hamilton,  Eliz'thS...Princeton,  N.J. 

b.  May  7,  1817. 
"       Howell,  Amanda d.  of  Eseck  Howell m.  E.  B.  Mixsell. 

b.  May  16,  1811.            Easton,  Pa. 
"      Hager,  Angeline d.  of  Lainen  Hager m.  —  Forman. 

b.  May  6,  1814. 
"      Hill,  Sarah  V.  L d.  of  Laurence  Hill. 

b.  Dec.  2.5,  1816. 
"       Hall,  Cecilia d.  of  Christian  Hall, 

b.  April  20,  1815.  Litiz,  Pa. 

1829. ..Helm,  Cath.  A d.  of  Capt.  Helm,  St. 

b.  Sept.  18,  1817.  Thomas,  W.  I. 

"       Helm,  Adelaide d.  of  Capt.  Helm,  St. 

b.  Dec.  31,  1821.  Thomas,  W.  L 
"       Hanley,  Louisa  Au- 
gusta  g.  d.  of  Capt.  Helm, 

b.  July  14,  1821.  St.  Thomas,  W.  I. 


BETHLEUEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  365 

1830...Ha?cnbiich,  Sarah. 

"       Hanicl,  Margaret d.  of  John  C.  Ilamel, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1818.  Philailclphia. 

"       Ilibler,  Sidney  Ann....d.  of  Wm.  Hibler m   Thomas  Darling. 

b.  Jan.  11,  1813.  Hope,  N.  J.  d.  March,  18oG. 

"       Hall,  Lydia  J d.  of  Capt.  J.  K.  Hall, 

b.  Dec.  21,  1817.  Harper's  Ferry,  Va. 

"       Hartzell,  Judith. 

Henry,  Caroline  El...d.  of  M.  S.  Henry d. 

b.  April  21,  1820.  Northampton  Co., 

Pa. 
Hiester,  Eliz'th  B.  ...d.  of  Jos.  Heister,  Jr...m.  April  13,  1837, 
b.  May  1'),  1817.  Reading,  Pa.  David  M'Knight. 

"       Howe,  Amanda d.  of  Jed.  Howe, 

b.  Feb.  17,  1817.  Philadelphia. 

Herman,  Sophia d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Her-...m.  June  28,  1842,  Rev. 

b.  Feb.  14,  1822.  man.  Emil  A.  de  Schwei- 

nitz. 
1831...Harker,  Martha  A.  ...d.  of  Joshua  G.  Harker, 
b.  May  19,  1816.  Philadelphia. 

"      Heller,  Georgette 

Adela d.  of  ]Mrs.  Heller, 

Georgetown,  D.  C. 
"       Hartzell,  Mary  Ann. 

1832...Haman,  Maria  L d.  of  Rev.  A.  Haman...m.  T.  Christ,  Salem, 

b.  April  2,  182G.  N.  C. 

1833. ..Harper,  Jenisha Philadelphia. 

b.  May  29,  1816. 

"       Hall,  Amelia d.  of  John  H.  Hall m.  Feb.  5,  1845,  W.  L. 

b.  Dec.  12,  1818.  Newton,  N.  J.  Ames,  St.  Paul,  Min- 

nesota. 

"       Hunt,  Mary  K d.  of  John  Hunt m.  Daniel  Budd,  Ches- 

b.  Aug.  22,  1818.  Newton,  N.  J.  ter,  Morris  Co.,  N.J. 

"       Hodgkinson,  Phebe..w.  of  J.  C.  Stoneall, 
b.  1820.  New  York. 

"       Harral,  Charlotte New  York. 

b.  Oct.  24,  1817. 

Horton,  Mary d.  of  M.  Tlorton m.  William  Cook. 

b.  Dec.  23,  1818.  Wilkes- BarrC-,  Pa.  d.  Sept.  1856,  at  Fort 

Leavenworth. 

Horton,  Emily d.  of  M.  Horton m.  Jan.  8,  1856,  Ste- 

b.  March  28,  1824.         Wilkes-Barr6,  Pa.         phen  BoUes,  White 

Haven. 

1834...Haupt,  Mary  Ann d.  of  John  Hanpt m.  Wm.  H.  Witte, 

b.  Dec.  8,  1816.  Springfield,  Bucks        Philadelphia. 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Herman,  Louisa  C....d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Her- 
b.  July  12,  1825.  man. 

"       High,  Mary d.  of  Solomon  High....m.  J.  Bayley  ;  resides 

b.  1818.  New  Orleans.  in  Tennessee. 

"       High,  Frederica d.  of  Solomon  nigh....m.  —  Patton;  resides 

b.  1820.  New  Orleans.  in  New  Orleans. 

"       Hacker,  Matilda d.  of  Geo.  Hacker m.  A.  Stevens. 

b.  Feb.  21,  1821.  Philadelphia.' 

Huntington,  Lucy      d.  of  J.  C.  Huntington, 

C New  York. 

1835...Hoflrman,  Sophia w.  of  David  Freed, 

b.  May  4,  1823.  Philadelpliia. 


366 


CATALOGUE   OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 


1835...Hawley,  Pliebe w.  of  DavidTowiisend...m.  Rev.  George  H. 

b.  June  27,  1820.  West  Cliester,  Pa.  Mitchell,  West  Bran- 

dywine,  Chester  Co. 

1836...Hitner,  Catharine d.  of  Daniel  Hitner m.  Reuben  Hagy. 

b.  March  18,  1821.  MoutgoraeryCo.,Pa. 

"       Hall,  Mary  C d.  of  J.  K.  Hall, 

b.  March,  1822.  Harper's  Ferry,  Va. 

1837...Hutclimgs,  Cath d.  of  C.  S.  Hutchings...m.  Edm.  Doster,  M.D., 

New  Brunswick,  N.J.     Alabama. 
Hyslop,  Frances  M...d.  of  R.  Hyslop,  New 

b.  Dec.  1822.  York. 

Hyslop,  Catharine  ...d.  of  R.  Hyslop,  New 
b.  1824.  York. 

"       Hutchings,  Emma 

A Norfolk,  Va m.  —  Banks,  New 

b.  July,  1824.  York. 

1838. ..Henry,  Mary  Eliz'th..d.  of  John  Henry m.  Sept.  9,  1848,  Wm. 

b.  Nov.  7,  1825.  Somerville,  N.  J.  G.  Steele. 
"      Holliusheatl,  Har- 
riet  d.  of  Stroud  Hollins-....m.  A.  Ft.  Jackson,  M.D. 

b.  Nov.  19,  1820.  head,  Stroudsburg, 

Pa. 
"       Haggerty,  Sarah  M...d.  of  John  Haggerty, 
b.  Sept.  27,  1824.  New  York. 

Haggerty,  Mary  A.  ...d.  of  John  Haggerty, 
b.  June  29,  182(3.  New  York. 

"       Henry,  Juliet  A d.  of  Thos.  W.  Henry, 

b,  1827.  M.D.,  New  York. 

"       Huun,  Margaret  M....d.  of  John  Hunn,  New 
b.  Feb.  10,  1825.  York. 

1839...Hinchman,  Jane  F...d.  of  Guy  M.  Hinch-...m.  1846,  Robert  Crit- 
b.  Sept.  22,  1825.  man,  Dover,  N.  J.  tenden. 

"       Hoffman,  Catharine..d.  of  H.  L.  Hoffman, 
b.  Oct.  1824.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1840. ..Hill,  Rosa  Jane St.  Croix,  W.  L 

b.  May,  1827. 

"      Hubbs,  Anna  B d.  of  Paul  K.  Hubbs....m.  1st,  Sidney  Wilcox  : 

b,  Dec.  9,  1825.  Philadelphia.  2d,  Dec.  20,  1853. 

Walter  F,  Shultz.' 
"       Halsey,  Ann  Eliza.  ...d.  of  Samuel  B.  Halsey, 
b.  May  27,  1827.  Rockaway,  N.  J. 

"      Heyliger,  Eliz'th d.  of  Mrs.  Heyliger, 

Diamond  Estate,  St. 
Croix,  W.  I. 
"       Heyliger,  Caroline... d.  of  Mrs.  Heyliger, 

Diamond  Estate,  St. 
Croix,  W.  I. 
"       Holmes,  Maria  W.  ...Philadelphia, 
b.  Nov.  10,  1828. 
1841... Herman,  Adelaide  ...d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Her- 
b.  Oct.  2(j,  1829.  man,  Salem,  N.  C. 

"       Hutchings,  Frances 

M d.  of  E.  W.  Hutchings, 

b.  1832.  New  York. 

"       Harrison,  Lucy  Ann..d.  of  John  Harrison, 

b.  March  15,  1828.  New  York. 

1842...Hogan,  Emily  A w.  of  Mrs.  Jane  Weaver, 

Columbia,  S.  C. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE   SEMINARY.  367 

1842. ..Hurst,  Catharine  M...d.  of  Wm.  Hurst m.  —  Mix,  M.D. 

b.  May  22,  1828.  Charlestown,  Va. 

"       Hamilton,  E. 

Frances Philadelpliia. 

b.  1833. 
"       Hurd,  Charlotte  N.  ...Brooklyn,  N.  T. 
b.  1831. 
1843. ..Howard,  Louisa 

Maria. cl.  of  Ed.  J.  Howard, 

b.  April  5,  1831.  Brooklyn. 

"       Hurst,  Ann  Eliz'th...d,  of  Capt.  James  G....m.  —  Wager,  M.D.. 

b.  April,  1828.  Hurst,  Charlestown,      Harper's  Ferry,  Va. 

Jefferson  Co.,  Va. 

"       Hurst,  Mary  V d.  of  Capt.  James  G....m.  J.  F.  Thompson, 

b.  Oct.  1829.  Hurst,  Charlestown,      Summit  Point,  Va. 

Jefferson  Co.,  Va. 

"       Hampton,  Eliz'th Philadelphia. 

b.  Jan.  1828. 

"       Hardy,  Martha d.  of  James  Hardy m.  D.  Taggart. 

b.  Oct.  14,  1833  Philadelphia. 

"       Hardy,  Elizabeth d.  of  James  Hardy, 

b.  March,  1835.  Philadelphia. 

1844...Horstman,  Lavinia 

A d.  of  W.  H.  Horstmau...m.  May  11,  1854,  Jos. 

b.  April  10,  1830.  Philadelphia.  Patterson. 

"      Huebener,  Cornelia..d.  of  Abr.  Huebener, 
b.  May  8,  1833.  Bethlehem. 

"       Henderson,  Mary d.  of  Davis  Henderson, 

b.  Jan.  26,  1832,  Montgomery  Co., 

Pa. 

"       Hagert,  Emma d.  of  J.  E.  Hagert, 

b.  1831.  Philadelphia. 

"       Hope,  Mary Clinton,  Hunterdon 

b.  1826.  Co.,  N.J. 

"       Helmbold,  Georgi- 

anna d.  of  H.  J.  Helmbold.. ..m.  —  Neil,  M.D. 

b.  1830.  Blockley,  Phila.  Co., 

Pa. 
1845...Heinsohn,  Caroline.. d.  of  Dietrich  Hein-...m.  1856,  Robert  Brown, 
b.  July,  1831.  sohn,  Louisville,  Ky.      Potosi  Lead  Mines, 

Missouri. 

"       Holt,  Frances  P d.  of  Chas.  Holt,  Jr., 

b.  1827.  Brooklyn. 

1846. ..Holcombe,  Anna  E...d.  of  B.  L.  Holcombe, 
b.  1830.  La  Grange,  Fayette 

Co.,  Tenn. 
•'       Holcombe,  Lncy  P....d.  of  B.  L.  Holcombe, 
b.  1832.  La  Grange,  Fayette 

Co.,  Tenn. 

"       Heilner,  Louisa d.  of  B.  Heilner m.  James  Barton. 

b.  Aug.  1,  1831.  Tamaqua,  Pa. 

"      Housel,  Mary  M. d.  of  G.  W.  Housel m.  W.  G.  Schenck,  Jer- 

b.  Jan.  5,  1833.  Easton,  Pa.  sey  City. 

"      Hanline,  Caroline.. ..d.  of  A.  Hauline m.  G.  W.  Taylor. 

b.  June  28,  1832.  Philadelphia. 

"       Horn,  Emma  R d.  of  John  Horn m.  Adam  Reichert. 

b.  March  19,  1833.          Philadelphia. 
"      Hutfnagle,  Ellen Bethlehem,  Pa m.  — Sloan. 


368  CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS    AT   THE 

1847...Heberliiig,  3Iary 

Ann Weissport,  Pa. 

"       Hunter,  Candice n.  of  C.  Hunter,  White- 

ville  P.  0.,  Hardiman 
Co.,  Tenn. 

"       Holmes,  Mary  L New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

b.  April  11,  1831. 

"       Hunt,  Mary  Ellen w.  of  Wm.  Morgan, 

b.  Dec.  6,  183o.  Catasauqua,  Pa. 

"       Horn,  Anna  Maria  ...d.  of  John  Horn m.  Benj.  S.  Lewry. 

Philadelphia. 

"       Hillard,Mary  C d.  of  0.  B.  Hillard, 

b.  Oct.  25,  1833.  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

"       Hillard,  Harriet .d.  of  0.  B.  Hillard, 

b.  Dec.  1836.  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

1848...Hawley,  Sarah d.  of  Jas.  S.  Hawley, 

b.  July  31,  1831.  Binghampton,  N.  Y. 

"       Hoch,  Eliza  Ann d.  of  Samuel  Hoch, 

b.  June  22,  1833.  Oley,  Pa. 

"       Heilig,  Emma  C d.  of  Rev.  Geo.  Heilig...m.  Sept.  14, 1852,  .John 

b.  Feb.  17,  1833.  Monroe  Co.,  Pa.  Williams,  Catasau- 

qua, Pa. 

"       Horn,  Margaretta d.  of  John  Horn, 

b.  Nov.  1,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

"       Haines,  Sarah  El d.  of  Asa  Haines, 

b.  Jan.  25,  1831.  Philadelphia. 
"       Hendricksou,  Eliza- 
beth V d.  of  Matthew  Hend-...m.  Oct.  22,  1855,  Louis 

b.  April  7,  1834.  rickson,  M.D.,  D.  Pillsbury. 

Albany,  N.  Y. 

1849. ..Huebener,  Ellen d.  of  A.  L.  Huebener, 

b.  Aug.  18,  1839.  M.D.,  Bethlehem, 

Pa. 

Hetfield,  Louisa n.  of  A.  S.  Hetfield m.  Nov.  1857,  David 

b.  May  24,  1833.  Elizabethtown,  N.J.      Gordon. 

"       Hilliard,  Iiucy d.  of  Isaac  Hilliard ra.  Wm.  Walker,  M.D. 

b.  May  20,  1835.  Hilliardston  P.  0., 

Nash  Co.,  N.  C. 
"       Hilliard, Ii. Virginia.. d.  of  Isaac  Hilliard, 
b.  Dec.  26,  1837.  Hilliardston  P.  0., 

Nash  Co.,  N.  C. 

"       Hilliard,  Ella  J d.  of  Isaac  Hilliard, 

b.  Aug.  12,  1840.  Hilliardston  P.  0., 

Nash  Co.,  N.  C. 
1850. ..Hoodless,Marg'tE... Brooklyn,  N.  t. 
b.  Aug.  1835. 

"       Hart,  Marion  D d.  of  R.  H.  Hart,  New 

b.  Aug.  22,  1842.  York. 

"       Houston,  Amy  E .d.  of  J.  F.  Houston, 

b.  July  28,  1842.  Columbia,  Pa. 

"       Hilbert,  Hannah d.  of  Paul  Hilbert, 

b.  Sept.  3,  1835.  Kutztown,  Pa. 

"       Huffnagle,  Mary 

Louisa d.  of  Wm.  K.  HufiFna-...m.  Alexander  Banks. 

b.  Oct.  3,  1834.  gle,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 
"       Hutfnagle  C.  Au- 
gusta  d.  of  Wm.  K.  Huffna- 

b.  Feb.  11,  1844.  gle,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  369 

1851...Hamor,  Emma d.  of  Abraham  Ilamor, 

b.  Feb.  7,  1832.  Ilamorton,  Chester 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Hauser,  Louisa  T....d.  of  Abraham  Hauser, 

b.  1829.  Columbus,  Ind. 

"       Hauser,  Anna  C d.  of  Abraham  Hauser. 

b.  Sept.  18154.  Columbus,  Ind. 

"       Hauser,  Elizabeth  ...d.  of  Abraham  l[au-...m.  N.  Lachenour. 

b.  Feb.  7,  18;57.  ser,  Columbus,  Ind.      d.  ]S.')7. 

"       Hauser,  Harriet d.  of  Abraham  Ilauser, 

b.  Dec.  1842.  Columbus,  Ind. 

"       Hance,  Caroline  T...d.  of  D.  E.  Hance, 

b.  Feb.  1836.  Philadelphia. 

"       Havemeyer,  Mary 

O d.  of  F.C.  Havemeyer... m.  .Ian.  12,  18oH, 

b.  June,  1884.  New  York.  J.  Lawrence  Elder. 

"       Hood,  Harriet d.  of  N.  P.  Hood, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

"       Hurxthal,  Emilic  K...Massillon,  Ohio. 

b.  Jan.  1834. 
"       Henry,  Sophia  L d.  of  James  Henry. 

b.  Oct.  19,  1838.  Boulton,  Pa. 

"       Howard,  Amuletta 

Lyon d.  of  D.  S.  Howard, 

b.  March  7,  1885.  Lyonsdale,  N.  Y. 

1852...Huger,  Marion  D Charleston  District, 

b.  Aug.  1.5,  1838.  S.  C. 

"      Huger,  Anna  L. 

(Daisy) Charleston  District. 

b.  Dec.  18,  1839.  S.  C. 

"       Hiselor,  Mary  Ann. ..Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 

b.  Dec.  1834. 
"       Hendrickson,  Caro- 
line E d.  of  G.  H.  Hendrick- 

b.  March,  1838.  son,  Brooklyn. 

•'       Hall,  Lavinia d.  of  S.  Hall,  Brook- 

b.  Sept.  26,  1837.  lyn. 

'■'       Housel,  Emma d.  of  G.  W.  Ilousel. 

b.  June  3,  1839.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Hawkins,  Hannah 

B d.  of  J.  S.  Hawkins. 

b.  Aug.  16,  1838.  New  York. 

"       Horner,  Emily  D d.  of  Chas.  W.  Horner, 

b.  .Ian.  24,  1840.  New  Orleans. 

"       Hinckle,  Emma d.  of  John  Hinckle, 

b.  Sept.  27,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

1853...Hawley,  Jane d.  of  Jas.  L.  Hawley, 

b.  Nov.  28,  1837.             Binghampton,  N.  Y. 
"       Helfrich,  Maria d.  of  John  Helfrich resides  at  Allentown. 

b.  Aug.  20,  1838.  Weissenburg,  Lehigh 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Housel,  Anna d.  of  Geo.  W.  Housel, 

b.  July  29,  1841.  Easton,  Pa. 
•'       Howard,  L.  Pau- 
lina  g.  d.  of  Jonas  Miller, 

b.  April  18,  1838.  Cape  Island,  N.  J. 

24 


370  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

18r)3...Hinckle,  Harriet  L.-.tl.  of  Wm.  Ilinckle, 
b.  March  18,  1838.  Philadelphia. 
Herman,  Mary  Aiin...d.  of  John  Herman, 
b.  Feb.  19,  1841.  Bethlehem. 
"       Hendrickson,  Au- 
gusta  d.  of  M.  Hendrickson, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 
1854...Halsted,  Emma  A.. ..d.  of  Samuel  Halsted...m.  185G,  Charles  Yates. 
b.  April  10,  183G.  New  York. 

Holtzman,  Johanna..d.  of  Wm.  Holtzman, 

b.  Sept.  14,  183G.  Baltimore. 

Hettinger,  Caroline-d.  of  John  Hettinger, 

b.  May  17,  1840.  New  York. 

Hewlings,  Susan  W...d.  of  Israel  W.  Hewl- 
b.  March  17,  1838.  ings,  Moorestown, 

N.J. 
Hawkins,  Elizabeth..d.  of  J.  S.  Hawkins, 

b.  Feb.  21,  1841.  New  York. 

Harris,  Emmeline....d.  of  John  Harris, 

b.  May  28,  1839.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Hamburger,  Clara.. ..d.  of  Jos.  Hamburger, 

b.  July"26,  1842.  Hazleton,  Pa. 

"       Hood,  3Iarietta d.  of  William  Hood, 

b.  Aug.  4,  1839.  McEwensville, 

Northumberland  Co. , 
Pa. 
"       Howey,  M.  Isabella  ..n.  of  C.  C.  Stratton, 
b.  Nov.  4,  1840.  Swedesboro,  N.  J. 
"       Huff,  Sarah  Catha- 
rine  d.  of  Wm.  A.  Huff, 

b.  Not.  5,  1831.  Mt.  Pleasant,  N.  J. 

1855...Hartman,  Marietta. ..d.  of  D.  Hartman, 

Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 
"       Hartman,  Anna 

Matilda d.  of  D.  Hartman, 

b.  March  2,  1837.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Hawkins,  Mary  C d.  of  J.  S.  Hawkins, 

b.  Aug.  12,  1842.  New  York. 
«'       Hibbs,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth  d.  of  Manlius  G.  Hibbs, 

b.  May  11,  1841.  Bristol,  Pa. 

"       Hanford,  Mary  Ann.. d.  of  Albert  Hanford, 

b.  Oct.  6,  1842.  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 
"       Havemeyer,  Catha- 
rine B d.  of  F.  C.  Havemeyer, 

b.  Feb.  5,  1842.  New  York. 

"       Henderson,  Kate w.  of  Andrew  Hen- 

b.  Aug.  23,  1840.  derson,  Memphis, 

Tenn. 
"       Harrison,  Henrietta. .d.  of  Benj.  F.  Harrison, 
b.  Oct.  30,  1839.  Newark,  N.  J. 

'■       Helwig,  Sarah d.  of  Ferd.  Helwig, 

b.  Feb.  20,  1839.  Gnadenhutten,  Ohio. 

"       Hammerslcy,  Eliza. .d,  of  W.  W.  Hammer- 
b.  Feb.  7,  1839.  sley,  Bethlehem. 

"       Hopewell,  Adelia d.  of  J.  C.  Hopewell, 

b.  Nov.  29,  1838.  Flemington,  N.  J. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  371 

1856...Hartridge,  Kate  M.  ..d.  of  M.  II.  G.  Ilart- 

b.  Aug.  25,  1841.  ridge,  Savannah, 

Ga. 
"       Harriot,  Abigail  O.  ..d.  of  Warren  Harriot, 

b.  Nov.  2G,  1«40.  New  York. 

"       Huntress,  Adeline 

C d.  of  Mrs.  John  Devoo, 

b.  Sept.  10,  1847.  New  York. 

"       Hunter,  Julia d.  of  John  C.  Hunter, 

b.  Nov.  18,  1839.  Philadelphia. 
"       Haughawout,  Jo- 
anna A d.  of  Thomas  Haugha- 

b.  May  14,  1840.  wout,  Schuylkill 

Co.,  Pa. 
Hawley,  Clara  B d.  of  N.  G.  Ilawley, 

b.  June  25,  1839.  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

1857. ..Hicks,  Mary d.  of  Mrs.  Sarah  II. 

b.  1839.  Hicks,  New  York. 

"       Hawkins,  Amelia d.  of  J.  C.  Hawkins, 

b.  Oct  2,  1844.  New  York. 

"       Hewson,  Helen  N d.  of  B.  W.  Ilewson, 

b.  July,  184U.  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

"       Hendrickson,  Maria 

C d.  of  Garret  Hendrick- 

b.  Dec.  4,  1841.  son,  Bay  Ridge,  L.  I. 

"       Hartman,  Emme- 

liue d.  of  David  Hartman, 

b.  Feb.  1845.  Friedensville,  Pa. 

"       Hess,  Paulina d.  of  Levi  Hess,  San 

Francisco,  CaL 

1789. ..Ireland,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  John  Ireland, 

b.  .Ian.  26,  1780.  New  York. 

"      Jarvis,  Sarah  B Stamford,  Conn m.  —  Rykman. 

1790. ..Jones,  Ann d   of  David  Jones d.  Oct.  20,  1840, 

b.  Jan.  27,  1775.  Philadelphia.  at  Bethlehem.' 

1791. ..Johnston,  Maria d.  of  Christopher  John- 
ston, Baltimore,  Md. 

1792...Josiah,  Ann  W Philadelphia. 

1793. ..Ireland,  Jane d.  of  John  Ireland, 

b.  Sept.  11,  1783.  New  York. 

1794. ..Johnston,  Janet d.  of  Christopher  .John- 

b.  1783.  ston,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Jay,  Maria d.  of  John  Jay,  Chief....m.  1802,  Goldsborough 

b.  Feb.  20,  1782,  at         Justice  of  the  United     Bauyar. 

Madrid.  States,  New  York.  d.  Nov.  21,  1850. 

1796. ..Jay,  Ann d.  of  John  Jay,  Chief... .d.  Nov.  13,  1850. 

b.  Aug.  13,  1783,  at        Justice  of  the  United 

Paris.  States,  New  York. 

1798...Ingraham,  Polly d.  of  N.  G.  Ingraham, 

b.  July,  1786.  New  York. 

1800. ..Jones,  Sarah  G d.  of  Geo.  Jones,  M.D...m.  Alfred  Cuthbert. 

b.  1790.  Savannah,  Ga.  d. 

"      Jones,  Harriet  C d  of  Geo.  Jones,  M.D, 

b.  May,  1791.  Savannah,  Ga. 

1801.  .  Jacobson,  Ann d.  of  John  V.  Jacob. ..m.  Cornelius  Beatty. 

b.  Dec.  30,  1788.  son,  Staten  Island.        d. 


372 


CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 


1801. ..Jones,  Sarah d.  of  Thomas  .Jones, 

b.  1792.  New  York. 

1802... Ireland,  Margaret d.  of  .John  Ireland, 

b.  Jan.  5,  17U1.  New  York. 

1804. ..Johnston,  Eliz'th d.  of  .John  .Johnston, 

b.  1793.  Philadelphia. 

"      Johnston,  3Iary d.  of  John  Johnston, 

b.  1796.  Philadelphia. 

1806. ..Jones,  Jane d.  of  .James  Jones, 

Burke  Co.,  Ga. 
1809. ..Johnson,  3Iildred d.  of  Fras.  Johnson, 

b.  July,  1796.  Louisa  Co.,  Va. 

1811...Jarvis,  Phebe d.  of  James  Jarvis, 

b.  Sept.  2,  1799.  New  York. 

"       Irwin,  Isabella d.  of  .John  W.  Irwin, 

b.  Dec.  1798.  Philadelphia. 

1812...Jarrett,  Margaret d.  of  Henry  Jarrett 

b.  Aug.  25,  1801.  "     ■         -      ^ 


.m.  Aaron  Troxell, 
Allentown. 


1813. 
1814. 


Jones,  Eveline 

b.  Jan.  5,  1801. 
Jones,  Jane 

b.  June  24,  1803. 
Jaggar,  Ann 

b.  Jan.  21,  1802. 

.Johnston,  Isabella 

b.  Aug.  10,  1800. 

.Johnson,  Harriet 

Roy 

b.  Nov.  14,  1800. 


Northampton  Co., 
Pa. 

of  Thomas  Jones, 
New  York, 
of  Thomas  .Jones, 
New  Y''ork. 
of  Jehiel  .Jaggar m.  Oct.  22, 1827,  Henry 


New  York. 

.  of  Alex.  .Johnston.. 
Youngstown,  West- 
moreland Co.,  Pa. 


Haynes,  Flushing, 
L.  I. 
.m.  John  Y.  Barclay, 
Greensburg. 
d.  May,  1841. 


.d.  of  John  .Johnson m.  Rev.  .Jas.  Edwards, 


Jolinc,  Anna  Maria.. 


1816. 
1817, 

1818 


.m.  Sept.  5,  1821, 
Samuel  B.  Halsey. 


1819 
1820 

1821 
1823 


Newton,  Sussex  Morristown. 
Co.,  N.  J.                       d.  Jan.  16,  1836. 
,  of  John  G.  Hurtin, 
Goshen,  N.  Y. 
Jackson,  Sarah  Du- 
bois  d.  of  Col.  Jos.  Jackson. 

b.  June  2,  1803.  Rockaway,  N.  J. 

..Ingle,  Christiana m.  John  Underwood. 

..Jacobson,  Maria d.  of  JohnN.  D.  Jacob-..m.  John  Tooker. 

son,  Staten  Island, 

..Johnston,  Jane  P d.  of  Jas.  Johnston m.  P.  M.  KoUock,  M.D 

Savannah,  Ga.  d. 

Johnston,  Lonisa d.  of  Jas.  Johnston m.  — Woodruif. 

Savannah,  Ga.  d. 

Johnston,  Eliza d.  of  Jas.  Johnston m.  Edm.Molyneux,  Jr., 

Savannah,  Ga.  British  Consul. 

Irwin,  Mary  Hart Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 

b.  1804. 
...Jones,  Caroline. 

...Jones,  Mary  A.  S d.  of  William  Jones, 

b.  Aug.  31,  1807.  New  York. 

...Johnston,  Adelaide.. .d.  of  W.  .lohnston m.  Benjamin  Cort,  San 

P.M., Lebanon,  Hun-     Francisco,  Cal. 
terdon  Co.,  N.  .J. 

...Jones,  Louisa d.  of  William  Jones, 

b.  Aug.  1809.  New  Y^ork. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  373 

1823..  Jones,  Mary  Ann d.  of  .Joseph  .Tones m.  Dec.  4,  1828,  Chr. 

b.  Jan.  30,  1812.  ]?etlilelicm  Town-  Lange. 

ship. 

•'      Jones,  Ellen  A d.  of  .Joseph  .Jones m.  —  Feit. 

Bethlehem  Town- 
ship. 

1825. ..Judd,  Emily  M d.  of  Samuel  Judd m.  May  2, 1830,  Horace 

b.  Oct.  10,  1812.  New  York.  D.  Forbes,  New  Ha- 

ven, Conn. 

Jones,  Ellen d.  of  Alex.  Jones m.  April  27, 1830,  Chas. 

b.  June  1,  1812.  Providence,  K.  I.  H.  Dabney,  New 

York. 

"       Jones,  Sarah  Ann d.  of  William  Jones, 

New  York. 
1826. ..Jones,  Anna  Maria. ..d.  of  William  Jones.. ..m.  Nov.  1832,  Rodney 
b.  April  14,  1813.  AVales.  S.  Church,  Brooklyn. 

1827...  Jones,  Julia d.  of  William  Jones, 

b.  Nov.  11,  1813.  New  York. 

"       Jacobsen,  3Iatilda  ...Staten  Island m.  C.  A.  Luckenbach, 

b.  1813.  Bethlehem. 

Jones,  Ann Bloomsburg,  N.  J. 

b.  July,  1815. 

"       Joline,  Catharine d.  of  John  Joline m.  May  21,  1833,  Rev. 

b.  Feb.  22,  1812.  Princeton,  N.  J.  Silas  Billings,  West 

Bloomticld. 

"       Jansen,  Maria  J d.  of  John  .Jansen, 

b.  Jan.  2,  181-.  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1828. ..Jordan,  Caroline w.  of  .James  Wallace, 

b.  Oct.  30,  1815.  Savannah,  Ga. 

•'       Johnson,  Eliza w.  of  John  Allen, 

b.  July  2,  1821.  New  York. 

1829. ..Jones,  Rebecca  W....d.  of  John  Jones m.  George  Shoemaker, 

b.  May  12,  1815.  Berwick,  Pa.  Wyoming,  Pa. 

1831, ..Jones,  Mary  G d.  of  Thomas  Jones, 

b.  March,  1817.  Long  Island. 

1 882... Irving,  Marg't  A m.  Robert  Hart. 

b.  Aug.  3,  1829. 
1834. ..Jones,  Sarah  Ann. 

"       Jones,  Eliz'th  A d.  of  Isaac  Jones, 

b.  March  20,  1822.  New  York. 

"      Jones,  Mary  A d.  of  Isaac  Jones, 

b.  Aug.  29,  1824.  New  York. 

1836. ..Jenks,  Eliz'th  Mary...d.  of  Ph.  Jcnks m.  Oct.  31,  1846,  Rev. 

b.  July  29,  1823.  Newtown,  Pa.  Joseph  S.  Elsegood, 

Easton,  Pa. 

"       Jackson,  Mary d.  of  Andrew  Jackson, 

b.  April.  1822.  New  York. 

"       Israel,  Mary  L. s.  d.  of  M.  E.  Israel.. ..m.  —  Washington, 

b.  May,  1823.  Philadelphia.  M.D. 

1837. ..Johnston,  Susan  \V...d.  of  J.  R.  .Johnston, 

b.  May  29,  1828.  Waynes ville,  Ga. 

1838. ..Jackson,  Charlotte. ..d.  of  John  D.  .Jackson...m.  Sept.  28, 1841,  Alex, 
b.  June  4,  1823.  M.D.,  Rockaway,  Robertson,  ^lorris- 

N.  J.  town. 

"      Johnson,  Margaret 

Elizabeth d.  of  .John  M.Johnson, 

St.  Croix,  W.  I. 


374  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1838...  Johnson,  Mary  Jancil.  of  .John  M.  Johnson, 

St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

"       Iddings,  Beulah  N....d.  of  C.  P.  Iddings m.  Thomas  Lee,  Mont- 

b.  Dec.  20,  1824.  Philadelphia.  gomery  Co.,  Md. 

1839...  Jacques,  Amelia d.  of  Isaac  S.  Jacques, 

b.  Feb.  1826.  Woodbridge,  N.  J. 

"       Israel,  Amanda s.  d.  of  M.  E.  Israel, 

b.  Oct.  1824.  Philadelphia. 

1810. ..Iddings,  Harriet  n...d.  of  C.  P.  Iddings m.  May  4,  1854,  Uriah 

b.  Oct.  1,  1827.  Philadelphia.  B.  Kirk. 

"       Jackson,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  John  D.  Jackson.. .m.  1846,  Lyman  A. 

b.  June  21,  1825.  M.D.,  Ilockaway,  Chandler. 

N.  J.  d.  July  5,  1851. 

1842...  James,  Anna  V d.  of  Joshua  James, 

b.  April,  1828.  London  Bridge  P.O., 

Princess  Anne  Co., 
Va. 

1845. ..Jones,  Hannah  E d.  of  J.  Jones,  M.D., 

b.  May  26,  1832.  Upper  Dublin  Town- 

ship, Montgomery 
Co.,  Pa. 
1846...Jones, Sarah  Eliz'th..Northampton  Co.,  Pa. 
b.  Sept.  25,  1834. 

1847...Joyner,  Harriet  F.  ...d.  of  Thos.  Joyner m.Peter  B.  Siler,Plumb 

b.  Nov.  30,  1831.  Memphis,  Tenn.  Bayou,  Jefferson 

Co.,  Arkansas. 
"       Johnson,  Adelaide... d.  of  Christopher  John- 

b.  April,  1833.  son,  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

"       Johnson,  Rosalinda..d.  of  John  M.  Johnson, 
b.  July,  1833.  St.  Croix,  W.  L 

"      Joy,  Virginia  F d.  of  Levi  Joy m.  Dec.  21,  1853, 

b.  March  4,  1834.  HardimanCo.,  Tenn.     Leonidas  Trousdale, 

Memphis,  Tenn. 

"       Jordan,  Ottilia d.  of  Meritt  Jordan. 

b.  Jan.  26,  1834.  Portsmouth,  Va. 

"       James,  Isabella  A d.  of  Israel  E.  James, 

b.  May  6,  1830.  Philadelphia. 

"       James,  Isabella d.  of  Isaiah  James m.  —  Kissard,  M.D. 

b.  Aug.  9,  1829.  Line,  Lexington,  Pa. 

1848. ..Jones,  Anna  R d.  of  Hon.  J.  Glancy 

b.  Aug.  1834.  Jones,  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Jackson,  Laura  A.  ...d.  of  John  D.  Jack-....m.  May  10,  1853,  Ly- 
b.  April  21,  1832.  son,  M.D.,  Rock-  man  A.  Chandler, 

away,  N.  J. 
"      Jaeger,  Amanda  R...d.  of  Rev.  G.  F.  Jae-....m.  June  17,  1850,  .Jas. 
b.  Aug.  9,  1834.  ger,  Berks  Co.,  Pa.        S.  Berger,  Philada. 

1849. ..  Johnson,  Antoinette-.d.  of  Amos  Johnson, 
b.  July  7,  1837.  M.D.,  New  York. 

1850. ..Jenkins,  Margaret d.  of  George  Jenkins. ..d.  Feb.  6,  1851,  in  the 

b.  Jan.  1,  1836.  Boonton,  N.J.  Seminary. 

1851...  Jennings,  3Iary  E d.  of  Wm.  Jennings, 

b.  Oct.  1835.  Montgomery,  Ala. 

"       Jessup,  Caroline  0...d.  of  J.  K.  Jessnp m.  S.  G.  Bogert,  New 

b.  Oct.  1834.  Rossville,  Staten  York. 

Island. 
1852...  Jaeger,LouisaM.B...d.  of  Rev.  G.  F.  Jaeger, 
b.  Jan.  29,  1833.  Berks  Co.,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  375 

1852,..  Jones,  Frances  E d.  of  Mrs.  Rebecca resides  in  Philadelpliia. 

b.  Nov.  1,  1840.  Jones,  Dojlcstown, 

Pa. 

Jones,  Mary  M d.  of  Mrs.  Rebecca resides  in  Philadeli))iia. 

b.  Sept.  9,  1842.  Jones,  Doylestown, 

Pa. 

1853. ..Jackson,  Mary  li d.  of  S.  Jackson, 

b.  May  27,  1828.  Philadelphia. 

"       Jones,  Olive  Ann d.  of  Enoch  Jones, 

b.  Sept.  8,  183".t.  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

"       Jones,  Flora  Kate....d.  of  Enoch  Jones, 

b.  Aug.  29,  1844.  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

"       Jones,  Jane  E d.  of  Asa  Jones m.  Clarkson  Dunham 

b.  Oct.  4,  1834.  Flemington,  N.  J. 

1854. ..Jones,  Emily  R d.  of  Owen  Jones, 

b.  Aug.  19,  1842.  Cabinet  P.  0.,  Mont- 

gomery Co.,  Pa. 
"       Jennings,  Sarah 

Jane d.  of  D.Jennings, 

b.  March  2G,  1836.  M.D.,  Lafayette,  Ind. 

"      Jones,  Julia d.  of  George  W.  Jones, 

b.  Dec.  26,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

1855. ..Jones,  Esther d.  of  Jonathan  Jones, 

b.  Aug.  4,  1839.  Ilendricksburg,  Lu- 

zerne Co.,  Pa. 

"       Jackson,  Mary  E d.  of  E.  E.  Jackson, 

b.  Jan.  20,  1843.  Dover,  N.  J. 

"       Irwin,  Clara d.  of  James  Irwin, 

b.  Sept.  25,  1839.  New  York. 

"       Jones,  Emily d.  of  George  W.  Jones, 

b.  April  4,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

1856. ..Jordan,  Margaret 

M Paterson,  N.  J. 

b.  Nov.  8,  1839. 
"       Johnson,  Emma  S.  ...d.  of  Mrs.  M.  A.  John- 
b.  Jan.  1.  1843.  son,  Tarrytowu,  N.  J. 

"       Ihrie,  Caroline d.  of  Peter  Ihrie, 

b.  Oct.  20,  1842.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Jarvis,  Melicent d.  of  Mrs.  Lydia  G. 

b.  Feb.  1.  1844.  Jarvis,  New  Orleans. 

"       Jacobson,  Mary  E d.  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Jacob- 

b.  April  20,  1847.  son,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       James,  Emma d.  of  John  0.  James, 

b.  June  26,  1841.  Philadelphia. 

1857...Janney,  M.  Isabella. .d.  of  Benj.  S.  Janney, 
b.  Dec.  3,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"       Jenkins,  Mary  B d.  of  George  Jenkins, 

b.  Jan.  14,  1842.  Boonton,  N.  .L 

"       Justice,  Mary  B d.  of  Philip  S.  Justice, 

b.  Sept.  1843.  Philadelphia. 

1788..  Kip,  Helen  Mar- 
garet  d.  of  .John  Henry  Kip... m.  Lynde  Catlin. 

b.  May  4,  1777.  New  York. 

1789...Kummer,  Maria 

Elizabeth d.  of  Rev.  John  Kum-...d.  April  22,  1851,  iu 

b.  Dec.  17,  1784.  mer,  St.  Croix,  Bethlehem. 

W.  L 


;376  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1789. ..Kinney,  Harriet d.  of  John  Kinney m.  1801,  Moses  Phil- 

b.  1779.  Morristown,  N.  .J.  lips,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. 

1792. ..King,  Cornelia d.  of  Capt.  Jas.  King..m.  —  Cooper. 

Philadelphia. 

Kirklaud,  Sarah d.  of  Rev.  Samuel 

Kirkland,  mission- 
ary among  the 
Oneida  Indians. 
1 798. ..Keppele,  Catharine. ..s.  d.  of  Capt.  Towers, 
b.  Aug.  23,  1780.  Philadelphia. 

"       Kirkland,  Elizabeth..d.  of  Rev.  Samuel 
b.  Feb.  5,  1779.  Kirkland. 

1794... Kaufman,  Anna d.  of  Joseph  Kaufman, 

b.  Nov.  11,  1780.  Philadelphia. 

••       King,  Rebecca d.  of  Capt.  Jas.  King, 

Philadelphia. 

1795...Kagey,  Ann  Cath Lancaster,  Pa m.  Charles  Sewall, 

b.  Dec.  11,  1783.  Maryland. 

d. 

■'       Krause,  Ann d.  of  Peter  Krause,  St. 

b.  March  10,  1786.  Croix,  W.  L 

"       Karapman,  A.  Eliza..d.  of  C.  F.  Kampman...m.  August  11,  1817, 

b.  Feb.  8,  1 785.  M.D.,  Hope,  N.  J.  Rt.  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Yau 

Vleck ;  resides  in 
Bethlehem. 
179(i...Kummer,  Ann 

Liouisa d.  of  Rev.  John  Kum- 

b.  March  31,  1787.  mer,  St.  Thomas, 

W.  I. 

1797...Kirby,  Fanny d.  of  Ephraim  Kirby...m.  Col.  Jos.  L.  Smith, 

b.  April  6,  1785.  Litchfield,  Conn.  U.S.A. 

1798. ..Kip,  Eliza d.  of  Cornelius  Kip, 

b.  Aug.  11,  1787.  New  York. 

1800...Kampman,  Maria 

Catharine d   of  C.  F.  Kampman. ..resides  in  Bethlehem. 

b.  Aug.  5,  1789.  M.D.,  Hope,  N.  J. 

1802...Killen,  Mary n.  of  Mrs.  Caroline 

Zollikoffer,  Balti- 
more. 

•'       Kissam,  Helena d.  of  Benj.  Kissam, 

b.  July,  1790.  M.D. 

1804... Kennedy,  Margaret. ..d.  of  Mrs.  M.  Kennedy, 
b.  Nov.  26,  1789.  Duck  Creek  X 

Roads,  Kent  Co., 
Del. 
1805...Kronenberg,AnnE...d.  of  Capt.  Kronen- 
berg,  St.  Johns. 
"       Kronenberg,  Caro- 
line A d.  of  Capt.  Kronen- 
berg, St.  Johns. 
1807...Kauman,  Eliza  M.  ...d.  of  Joseph  Kauman, 
b.  April  19,  1795.  New  York. 
Kollock,  Mary 

Leach s.  d.  of  Thos.  Fenton, 

b.  1795.  Philadelphia. 

"       Kennedy,  Margaret. ..Smyrna,  Del. 
b.  Oct.  8,  1799. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE   SEMINARY.  377 

1808...Kroll,  Maria  E J-  of  M.  Kroll,  near 

b   May  4,  17'JO.  Kutztown,  Berks 

Co.,  Pa. 

"       King,  Sarah  Noel d.  of  Mrs.  Sarah  King, 

b.  Aug.  24,  1704.  Savannah,  Ga. 

"      Kiiig,  Agnes  Bacon. ..d.  of  Mrs.  Sarah  King, 
b.  May  4,  17'.)7.  Savannah,  Ga. 

1809... Klein,  Sarah d.  of  N.  Klein,  Flour- 
town,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Pa. 
1810...Klein,  PhebeAnn  t,      v.        a 

Eliza  d.  of  Joseph  Klein,  Jr... m.  —  Renshaw,  St. 

b   Feb   20    1798.  Cat  skill,  N.  Y.  Louis,  Mo. 

'•       Knight,  Julia s.  of  Alex.  Knight m.  Charles  Stout. 

b   1796.  Philadelphia. 

1812. ..Kitschelt,  Sophia  C.d.  of  Rev.  Samuel  G....d.  April  14,  1833. 
b   Nov.  18,  1805.  Kitschelt,  St.  Croix, 

W.  1. 
-       Kitschelt,  Ernestincd.  of  Rev.  S.  G.  Kits-...m.  1837,  Rev  Christian 

b.  Aug.  31,  1807.  chelt,St.Croix,W.I.       Lichtenthaler. 

"       Knight°  Elizabeth.. ..w.  of  James  Darrach...m. 
b   Aug.  6,  1803.  Philadelphia. 

1813. ..Kaiser,  Sarah d.  of  John  G.  Kaiser...m.  A.  Bussinger,  Ohio. 

b.  March  26,  1805.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

1814...Kortwright,  Eliza d.  of  Mrs.  Catharine 

b.  March  30,  1802.  Livingston,  New 

York. 

King,  Ann d.  of  Robert  King,  Vir- 

b.  April  28,  1799.  ginia. 

•'       King,  Mary d.  of  .John  King,  Ten- 

b.  Feb.  1,  1800.  nessee. 

1815...Kershow,  Ann d.  of  Jeremiah  Ker-....d.  May  18,  1824. 

b.  Jan.  11,  1803.  show,  Ringoes, 

Hunterdon  Co.,  N.J. 

"      Ketchum,  Jane d.  of  Joel  Ketchum, 

b.  May,  1802.  New  York. 

"       Ketchum,  Eliza d.  of  Joel  Ketchum, 

b.  April  14,  1805.  New  York. 

1817. ..King,  Eliza  Ann Wilmington,  Del m.  James  Lockerman. 

d. 

1820...Kimmel,  Clemen- 
tine          Baltimore. 

^'      Krause,  Sophia  L d.  of  Samuel  Krause....m.  Oct.  14   1832,  Rev. 

b   Feb.  13,  1811.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  C.  A.  Bleck. 

d.  March  7,  1846,  at 
Salem,  N.  C. 

"      Kelly,  Caroline d.  of  Thomas  Kelly  ....m. 

b.  Dec.  25,  1810.  Philadelphia. 

1821. ..Kitschelt,  Louisa d.  of  Rev.  Samuel  G....m.  Rev.  H.  Bachman. 

b   Feb   10,1813.  Kitschelt,  St.  Croix,      d.  1843,  atLitiz,  Pa. 

W.  L 
1823...Kerney,  Eliz'th  E.  ...Shephcrdstown,  JeflFer- 
b.  1809.  son  Co.,  Va. 

"       Kerney,  Jane  B Shepherdstown,  Jeflfer- 

b.  May  12,  1811.  son  Co.,  Va. 

1824...Kilborne,IIarrietA...d.  of  Judge  F.  Kil- 

borne,  Lawrence- 
ville,  Tioga  Co.,  Pa. 


378  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1827. ..Kearney,  Julia  L., 

b.  Jan.  9,  1814. 

"       Kummer,  Louisa d.  of  Jacob  Kummer....m.  April  18,  1839,  E.  P. 

b.  Oct.  15,  1814.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  AVolle,  Nazareth, 

Pa. 

"       Kummer,  Susan d.  of  Jacob  Kummer, 

b.  May  22,  1816.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

1828...Knight,EIiz'thR d.  of  Alex.  Knight m.  Feb.  20,  1834,  Wm. 

b.  May  9,  1814.  Philadelphia.  Dorsey. 

d.  Feb.  9,  1841, 

"      Keeler,  Eliz'th  D d.  of  Charles  Keeler, 

b.  Aug.  IG,  1813.  New  York. 

"      Kingsland,  Marg't. ...d.  of  Jos.  Kingsland, 
b.  May  13,  1815.  Belleville,  Essex 

Co.,  N.  J. 

"       King,  Lydia  E d.  of  Aaron  King, 

b.  May  8,  1816.  New  York. 

1829. ..Keeler,  Sophia d.  of  Charles  Keeler, 

New  York. 

1830. ..King,  Margaret d.  of  Joseph  King resides  in  Germantown. 

b.  July  21,  1816.  Gulf  Mills,  Mont- 

gomery Co.,  Pa. 

"      Keim,  Cath.  R d.  of  Gen.  Geo.  D.  B...m.  Daniel  L.  Boyer, 

b.  1816.  Keim,  Reading,  Pa.      Philadelphia. 

"      Kimball,  Eliz'th  H...d.  of  E.  W.  Kimball.. ..m. . 

b.  March  25,  1823.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.        resides  in  New  York 

1882...Kohler,  Ann  Maria. .New  York. 

b.  Sept.  8,  1820. 
1883. ..Kummer,  Caroline  ...d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Kum- 
b.  Dec.  30,  1821.  mer,  Bethlehem. 

"      Knecht,  Catharine.... d.  of  Gabriel  Knecht, 
b.  Feb.  22,  1821.  Philadelphia. 

1834. ..Kummer,  Soph.  L d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Kum-...m. 

b.  Oct.  16,  1824.  mer. 

"      Kluge,  Amelia d.  of  Rev.  J.  P.  Kluge...m.  Peter  Ruff. 

1885. ..Keim,  Susan  D d.  of  Col.  D.  Keim d, 

b.  Nov.  1827.  Reading,  Pa. 

i836... Kinney,  Sarah  H d.  of  Simon  Kinney, 

b.  Aug.  1820.  Peru,  La  Salle  Co., 

111. 
"      Kinney,  Lucy  Ann.  ...d.  of  Simon  Kinney, 
b.  March,  1823.  Peru,  La  Salle  Co., 

111. 

1839. ..Kluge,  Eliza d.  of  Rev.  J.  P.  Kluge... m.  Dec.  7,  1848,  M.  F. 

Eyerly. 

"      Kummer,  Agnes d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Kum- 

b.  May  13,  1830.  mer,  Bethlehem, 

1840...Kirgan,  Deborah  P...w.  of  John  Jones m.  Joseph  Hunt,  West 

b.  Nov.  1824.  Thornbury,  Chester      Haverford  P.O., 

Co.,  Pa.  Delaware  Co.,  Pa. 

1842..,Kinsey,  Ann  C w.  of  Rev.  E.  G.  Pres- 

b.  Oct.  1826.  cott,  Salem,  N.  J, 

"      King,  Elvina  A Philadelphia. 

1848. ..King,  Elizabeth d.  of  William  King, 

b.  May,  1828.  Philadelphia. 

1844. ..Klose,  Louisa d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Klose, 

b.  Jan.  27,  1835.  Barbadoes,  W.  I. 


BETELEIIEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  379 

1844. ..King,  Annie  E d.  of  Lewis  King m.  Mui'ch20, 1854,  .las. 

b.  March  14,  1833.  Powerville,  N.  J.  A.  Say  re,  Belleville, 

•  Essex  Co.,  N.  J. 

1845. ..Keim,  Emily  Susan. ..d.  of  I?.  Keim m.  Christopher  Ran- 

b.  Feb.  20,  1832.  Reading,  Pa.  dolph. 

184G...Keely,  Rosannah d.  of  Joshua  Keely, 

b.  Nov.  21,  1830.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Kelly,  Anna d.  of  Col.  Samuel  Kelly, 

b.  Sept.  1828.  Bolton's  Depot  P.  0., 

Hinds  Co.,  Miss. 

"       Kelly,  Eliz'th  J d.  of  Col.  Samuel  Kelly, 

b.  July,  1831.  Bolton's  Depot  P.O., 

Hinds  Co.,  Miss. 

"      Kershow,  Sarah  J d.  of  D.  B.  Kershow...m.  Dec.  20,  1853,  J.  T. 

b.  March  25,  1834.  Philadelphia.  Simpson,  New  York. 

1847. ..Kern,  Mary  A d.  of  .Joseph  Kern m.  Jas.  Kline,  Orefield, 

b.  Jan.  28,  1831.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 
"      Kleppinger,  Re- 
becca  Cherryville,  Pa. 

b.  Jan.  18,  1832. 

1848...Krause,  Mary  D d.  of  John  J.  Krause...m.  J.  Coates. 

b.  Feb.  17,  1834.  Allentown,  Pa. 

"       Keck,  Aravesta  A d.  of  Jesse  Keck m.  Milton  Appel. 

b.  Aug.  14,  1834.  Allentown,  Pa. 

"      Keck,  Emmeline d.  of  Jesse  Keck, 

b.  Dec.  1835.  Allentown,  Pa. 

1849...Koehler,  Sarah  A d.  of  D.  Koehler,  Heck- 
town,  Northampton 
Co.,  Pa. 

"      Koehler,  Eliza  A d.  of  D.  Koehler,  Heck- 

b.  April,  1837  ;  twins,     town,  Northampton 
Co.,  Pa. 

"      Kantner,  Eliz'th  J w.  of  Nicholas  Fox m.  H.  B.  Smith. 

b.  May  13,  1834.  Pottsville,  Pa. 

1850. ..Kinney,  Charlotte d.  of  Jacob  Kinney, 

b.  April  23,  1832.  Dover.  N.  J. 

"       Kutz,  Susannah  M d.  of  Charles  Kutz, 

b.  Feb.  26,  1830.  Kutztown,  Pa. 

1851. ..King,  Ellen d.  of  H.  King,  Bristol, 

b.  May,  1837.  Pa. 

1852. ..Kennedy,  Myra  B d.  of  J.  M.  Kennedy, 

b.  March  2,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

"      King,  Josephine d.  of  Lewis  King, 

b.  June  9,  1837.  Boonton,  N.  J. 

"      Kerby,  Hannah d.  of  D.  Kerby,  Kutz- 

b.  May  23,  1837.  town,  Pa. 

1854. .. Kern,  Adelia d.  of  Jer.  B.  Kern, 

b.  July  4,  1839.  Stoncrsville,  Berks 

Co.,  Pa. 

"      Kolp,  Emmeline d.  of  L.  0.  Kolp m.  Jan.  12,  1857,  John 

b.  July  21,  1838.  Doylestown,  Pa.  J.  Barr,  Philada. 

1855. ..Kels,  Mary  C d.  of  James  J.  Kels, 

b.  July  24,  1841.  Perryville,  Hunter- 

don Co.,  N.J. 

1856. ..Krause,  Mary  E d.  of  Matthew  Krause, 

b.  April  4,  1844.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"      Kreider,  Marietta Catasauqua,  Pa. 

b.  May  25,  1837. 


380  CATALOGUE  OF  PUPILS  AT  THE 

18o6...Kiiauss,  Susan d.  of  Jas.  E.  Knauss, 

b.  Feb.  1,  1844.          ^    Bethlehem,  Pa. 
1857...Kathrens,  Alice Rio  Grande,  Texas. 

b.  Feb.  21,  1844. 
Keru,  Angelica  L d.  of  Andrew  G.  Kern, 

b.  March  10,  1842.  Nazareth,  Pa. 

Kellogg,  Sarah  N d.  of  J.  W.  Kellogg, 

b.  Aug.  1844.  New  York. 

Kingsley,  Florence....d.  of  Mrs.  E.  C.  Kings- 

b.  Sept.  1847.  ley,  New  York. 

Knowles,  Florence. ..d.  of  Lewis  Knowles, 

b.  Dec.  1848.  Philadelphia. 
Kluge,  Frances  Cor- 
nelia  d.  of  Rev.  C.  F.  Kluge, 

b.  June  12,  1843.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

1787...Langdon,  Hannah.... Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

1789. ..Lawrence,  Eliza d.  of  Benj.  Lawrence, 

b.  May  1,  1778.  Baltimore  Co.,  Md. 

"       Leedoin,  Fliza d.  of  Richard  Leedom, 

Newtown,  Bucks 
Co.,  Pa. 
"      Leedom,  Rachel d.  of  R.  Leedom,  New- 
town, Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 

1790...Leipold,  Catharine....d.  of  John  Leipold m.  —  Moore. 

b.  Jan.  1,  1776.  Baltimore. 

"       Lylburn,  Rebecca New  York. 

1791...Leinbach,  Johanna 

S d.  of  Fred.  Leinbach...m.  F.  Shuman,  M.D., 

b.  Feb.  15,  1781.  Hope,  N.  J.  Salem,  N.  C. 

d. 
"      Ludwig,  Christina. ...d.  of  Daniel  Ludwig... moved,  1805,  with  her 
Tulpehocken,  Pa.  father,  to  Ohio. 

"       Lawler,  Sarah d.  of  Capt.  M.  Lawler..m.  Benj.  Harbeson, 

b.  Nov.  1781.  Philadelphia.  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

"      Lansing,  Jane d.  of  Abraham  G d. 

Lansing,  Albany. 
1792... Livingston,  Kitty d.  of  Walter  Living- 
ston, Livingston 
Manor,  N.  Y. 
1793...Livingston,Cornelia..d.  of  Walter  Living- 
b.  Sept.  12,  1780.  ston,  Livingston 

Manor,  N.  Y. 
"      Livingston,  Harriet...d.  of  Walter  Living- 
b.  Dec.  12,  1783.  ston,  Livingston 

Manor,  N.  Y. 

"       Lee,  Jane d.  of  Francis  Lee m.  Campbell  Harris, 

b.  Sept.  1780.  Philadelphia.  Geneseo,  N.  Y. 

d.  1850. 

"      Lee,  Eleanora d.  of  Francis  Lee m.  Joshua  Brick,  Port 

b.  Sept.  1783.  Philadelphia.  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 


Lawrence,   Ann d.  of  John  Lawrence, 

b.  May  1,  1784.  Judge,  U.S.  D.  C, 

New  York. 
Lawrence,  Eliz'th....d.  of  John  Lawrence, 
b.  April,  1786.  Judge,  U.S.  D.  C, 

New  York. 


d.  1820. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  381 

17qfi     T  pp   Eleanor d-  of  Thos.  Lee,  Turk. ..recommended  by  Gen. 

1  '^^•••*^«^«'^^*^^j';|'\-g3  Gate,  near  Dumfries,     Geo.  Washington. 

Prince  William  Co., 

Va. 
"       Lansing,  Catharine-d.  of  A.  A.  Lansing m.^rhilip  Van  Rcnssc- 

1707...LeU:?-n:a^r.Lg...d.tM^^  1^805.  John 

b   July  13    1785.  man,  York,  Pa.  hpangler,  M.U. 

.«       T  Pot    Fli'/abcth     d.  of  Daniel  Lcet m.  Nov.  10,  180.^, 

bFe^rrrm  Washington  Co.,  Pa.     David  Shields,  Sew- 

D.  teo.  -/,  i-o^.  6  icklyville,  Allegheny 

Co.,  Pa. 

"       ^;"™*'^"^^"'  "^":...d.  of  Nicholas  Lem- m.  Andrew  Risely, 

b  Juiv  13    1788.  merman,  llhinebeck      New  Baltimore, 

'  Flats,  N.  Y.  N.  Y. 

ITQR     T  ansin-   Arietta d.  of  A.  A.  Lansing m.  Oct.  10,  1801,  Her- 

1 .98...Lans.n      Ariet^ta.  ^^^^^^^^  ^  ^  Knickerbocker, 

•'  Schaghticoke,  N.  1. 

d.  March  27,  1814. 

1799. ..Lee,  Mary d.  of  Philip  Lee,  West- 

b.  Dec.  31,  1788.  moreland,  \  a. 

1801...Lons,  Margaret d.  of  CoL  Nicholas m.  Thomas  Telfair, 

b  Jan   31    17— .  Long,  Washington,        Savannah. 

Ga. 

1802...Lorillard,  Maria d.  of  P.  Lorillard, 

b.  Jan.  6,  1789.  New  York. 

"       I  innoln    Susan d.  of  Maj.  Joseph m.  1st,  —  Mervin  ; 

b  Au£  31   1  "91 .  Lincoli,  Marietta,         2d,  Nath'l  Cushing ; 

'  Ohio  3d,  —  Pomeroy. 

d.  1851,atGallipolis, 
Ohio. 

1804...Lalliet,  Emma d.  of  Charles  Lalliet, 

b.  March  25,  1794,  in     Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
England. 
1805...Lightfoot,  Julia  ,      ,  ,,       „  ,, 

Xnna d.  of  Hon.  Henry  B. 

b   Feb.  4,  1800.  Lightfoot,  Antigua. 

"       Lippit,  Lucy  Ann d.  of  Moses  Lippi t , 

b.  May  20,  1790.  Providence,  K.  1. 

"       '^'"fa"^^!'..'"'"""  ..B.  d.  of  Joseph  Grant...™.  -  Billow,  South 

b   July  7,  1793.  Savannah,  Ga.  Carolina. 

"       Lane,  Anna  Maria.. ..d.  of  P.  C.  Lane,  Fay- 
b.  Nov.  29,  1792.  ette  Co.,  Pa. 

1806. ..Lee,  Harriet d.  of  James  Lee,  New... d.  1844. 

London,  Conn. 

"       Low,  Susan d.  of  John  Low, 

b.  May  10,  1794.  New  York. 

I8O7...L0W,  Almira d.  of  Charles  Low, 

]3   1794.  Providence,  It.  1. 
"      Le  Messurier,  Re- 
becca B d.  of  John  Le  Messu- 

b.  Sept.  3,  1794.  rier,  Petersburg,  Va.  „   ,,  n 

"       Low,  Adelaide  J d.  of  John  Low,  Pow-...m.  Antony  B.  McDou- 

b.  March  8,  1801.  les  Hook,  N.  J.  1^'Voot 

d.  18o7. 


382  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1807...Lovell,  Cassandra.. ..w.  of  James  Bream removed  to  the  West. 

b.  April,  17UG.  Richmond,  Va. 

Lee,  Hannah d.  of  Mrs.  Lee, 

b.  July  28,  1796.  New  York. 

"       Lewis,  Sophia w.  of  George  Heyl, 

b.  Aug.  1798.  Philadelphia. 

1808. ..Lind,  Anna  Eliz'th  ...d.  of  Judge  Lind,  St. 
b.  March  24,  1799.  Thomas,  W.  L 

"       Lind,  Henrietta  A d.  of  Judge  Lind,  St. 

b.  Sept.  19,  1800.  Thomas,  ^Y.  I. 

"      Lathrop,  Jane  Eliza..d.  of  Daniel  Lathrop....m.  J.  G.  W.  Trumbull, 
b.  July  26,  1795.  Norwich,  Conn.  d.  1843. 

"       Lathrop,  Mary d.  of  Thos.  Lathrop d.  July  31,  1809,  in 

b.  Oct.  179-3.  Norwich,  Conn.  the  Seminary. 

1809. ..Lathrop,  Emily d.  of  Thos.  Lathrop ra.  June  1,  1819,  Geo. 

b.  July  30,  1798.  Norwich,  Conn.  L.  Perkins. 

1810. ..Lawrence,  Clarissa...w.  of  Andrew  Hunt, 
b.  1794.  M.D.,  New  York. 

"       Lawrence,  Nancy w.  of  Andrew  Hunt, 

b.  1796.  M.D.,  New  York. 

1813...Levan,  Lydia d.  of  A.  Levan,  North- 

b.  July  4,  1799.  ampton  Co.,  Pa. 
1814...Lestrade,  Antoi- 
nette  w.  of  A.Michel,  Nor- 

b.  1803.  folk,  Va. 

"      Levy,  Elizabeth d.  of  Joseph  Levy, 

b.  April,  1803.  Philadelphia. 

1816. ..Lee,  Sarah New  York. 

"       Lea,  Clementine m.  — Gassom,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. 
1817...Lnffborough,  Eliza. ..d.  of  N.  Luffborough....m.  Oct.  3,  1820,  Benj. 

Georgetown,  D.  C.         S.  Bohn,  M.D. 

d.  Dec.  31,  1831. 
"       Laverty,  Esther  A.  ...d.  of  Henry  Laverty, 
New  York. 

"       Laverty,  Amelia d.  of  Henry  Laverty, 

New  York. 

"       Lee,  Cornelia d.  of  R.  B.  Lee,  Wash-..m.  —  McRae,  M.D.. 

ington  City.  Virginia. 

"       Labaw,  Rachael  H.  ..d.  of  F.  S.  Labaw m.  —  Marsh. 

Trenton,  N.  J. 
"      La  Roche,  Clemen- 
tine. 
"       Leonard,  Marg'tW... New  York. 
1818. ..Lewis,  Mary  K. 

'  •       Little ,  Harriet New  York. 

"       Lansdale,  Mary d.  of  J.LansdalePrince..m.  Robert  Ghiselin. 

George  Co.,  Md.  d.  1854. 

"       Lott,  Catharine Flatbush,  L.  I m.  Feb.  16,  1829,  John 

b.  Oct.  17,  1807.  A.  Lott. 

"       Longstreet,  Emma 

F d.  of  John  Longstreet, 

b.  1804.  Chestertown,  N.  J. 

"       Leedom,  Mary  E d.  of  AVm.  Leedom d.  1818. 

b.  1805.  Philadelphia. 

1819. ..Lloyd,  Louisa. 

"       Low,  Julia  Ann d.  of  John  Low, 

New  York. 


BETULEIIEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  383 

1820.. .Linn,  Mary  Ann d.  of  John  Linn,  Sus-...m.  Rev.  Bcnj.  Low. 

b.  March  4,  1805.  sex  Co.,  N.  J.  d.  m  Ohio,  18o.). 

•<       Linn,  Caroline d.  of  John  Linn,  Su3-...m.  -  Byington,  M.D., 

b   Dec   4    1800.  sex  Co.,  N.  J.  Belviderc,  N.  J. 

"       Linn,  Henrietta d.  of  John  Linn,  Sus-... Hamburg,  N.  J. 

b.  1807.  sex,  Co  ,  N.J. 

1 821. ..Leibert,  C.Jose-  ,    r   •,     .  xt       -   icor,    Tno 

nMne d.  of  Joseph  Lcibert...m.  Nov.  /,  1830,  Jas. 

h  Nov    20   1813.  Bethlehem.  A.  Rice. 

1822...Lott,  Abigail  L d.  of  Jeremiah  Lott....m.  Oct.  13,  1830,  John 

b.  Aprill2,  1810.  Flatbush,  L.L  B.  Zabnskie. 

•'       Limberger,  Marg't.  ...New  York. 

b.  April  13,  1810. 
"       Limberger,  Sarah 

^nn  New  York. 

b.  Sept.  16,  1813. 

1823  ..Lane,  Charlotte w.  of  Charles  Streatcr..m.  Wm.  11.  Butler. 

Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 
"       Luckenbach,  Ce- 

(jjjja d.  of  Christian  Luck- 

b.  Feb.  21    1812. .  enbach,  Bethleliem, 

'  Pa. 

1824...Laning,  Ellen d.  of' John  Laning m.  George  H.  Bicking, 

h   1810  Owego,  N.  Y.  Philadelphia. 

°-  (1.  April  9,  1850. 

1825...Loud,  Elizabeth  E....d.  of  Thomas  Loud m.  1840,  H.  A.  Naglee. 

b.  Dec.  3,  1811.  Philadelphia. 

"       Lndlum,  Louisa d.  of  C.  B.  Ludlum, 

Goshen,  N.  Y. 

"       Lippincott,  Amelia 

£^ ' d.  of  AV.  S.  Lippincott, 

b.'se'pt.'ib",  1814.  New  York. 

"       Lippincott,  Clem-  _   „  , .     . 

ence  S d.  of  W.  S.  Lippincott, 

b.  June  13,  1817.  New  York. 

"       Luckenbach,  Lucy  .    x     ,  nr      oo   iq/io 

^^n d.  of  Rev.  A.  Lucken-...m.  May  23,  1842, 

b   Oct.  0   1810.  bach.  New  Fairfield,      Simon  Ran,  M.D., 

'  Canada  West.  Bethlehem. 

"      Luckenbach,  Be-  „„       .   ^     ,  ^,4   ioiq   va^ 

lin^j^         d.  of  Rev.  A.  Luckcn-...m.  May  4,  1843,  Wm. 

b.  April  2,  1819.  bach,  New  Fairfield,      Th.  Roepper,  Bethle- 

Canada  West.  hem. 

"       LeavenAVorth,  Alida  ^  ,    „   ^ 

Y d.  of  Col.  H.  Lcaven- 

b.'Sept!  26,  1817.  worth,  U.S.A.,  Sack- 

ett's  Harbor,  N.  Y. 

1826...Lorillard,  Eliza  M d.  of  Jacob  Lorillard...m.  N.  P.  Bailey,  New 

b.  July  lo,  1815.  New  York.  York. 

"       Lneders,  Maria d.  of  T.  C.  Lueders, 

Philadelphia. 

"       Lofland,  Mary d.  of  Mrs.  A.  Lofland, 

b.  Feb.  28,  1813.  Philadelphia. 

"       Lofland,  Ann d.  of  Mrs.  A.  Lofland, 

b.  Nov.  4,  1810.  Philadelphia.  w     1    lu  r> 

1827...LoriUard,Margn New  York m.  Thos^  Ward,  M.D., 

b.  Jan.  13,  1811.  New  York. 


384  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1829. ..Locke,  Eleanor  N (I.  of  .John  D.  Locke. ..m.  1834,  J.  T.  Bate. 

b.  Aug.  31,  1817.  Louisville,  Ky.  d.  1841. 

1830.. .Lewis,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  C.  Lewis.. ..m.  Oct.  20,  1842,  Benj. 

b.  Nov.  20,  1818.  M.l).,  Eatontown,  C.  White. 

Monmouth  Co.,  N.J. 

Lucas,  Emmeliue d.  of  CoL  Edw.  Lucas...m.  Nov.  23,  1852,  Jos. 

b.  June  4,  181G.  Shepherdstown,  Va.      A.  Craighill,  George- 

town, D.  C. 

"       Lange,  Julia  D d.  of  .Jacob  D.  Langc, 

b.  Feb.  17,  1820.  Philadelphia. 

1832...Lovering,  Caroline m.  Henry  Riiede,  Hope, 

b.  July  31,  1824.  Indiana. 

"       Linn,  Anna  31 d.  of  R.  A.  Linn,  Ham- 

b.  Jan.  24,  1819.  burg,  N.  J.    • 

1833...Leisenring,  Juliet d.  of  John  Leisenring...m.  March  2,  1845, 

b.  July  5,  1817.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.        Nathan  Fegely. 

d.  May  10,  1856. 

1834...Lozier,  Mary  L d.  of  John  Lozier, 

b.  June  18,  1823.  New  York. 

1835. ..Lewis,  Juliet  H d.  of  Ellis  Lewis m.  James  H.  Campbell, 

b.  Aug.  5,  1823.  Williamsport,  Pa.  Pottsville,  Pa. 

"       Laws,  Mary  Ann d.  of  John  Laws, 

b.  Feb.  19,  1821.  Philadelphia. 

"       Lennic,  Eliza d.  of  Nicholas  Lennig...d.  Oct.  18,  1843. 

b.  June  6,  1820.  Philadelphia. 

1836...LeAvis,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Jas.  M.  Lewis.. ..m.  Antes  Snyder, 

b.  July,  1826.  Pottsville,  Pa.  Pottstown. 

"       Legerwood,  Mary Morristown,  N.J d.  March,  1842. 

b.  Nov.  22,  1820. 

"       Lennig,  Anna d.  of  Nicholas  Lennig, 

b.  1829.  Philadelphia. 

1837...Leisenring,  Emily.. ..d.  of  John  Leisenring...m.  July  23,  1841,  G. 
b.  Oct.  23,  1822.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.        W.  Salkeld. 

d.  June  20,  1846. 
"       Lippincott,  Rachel....Shrewsbury,  N.  J. 
b.  Feb.  1827. 

1838. ..Ludlum,  Mary  C d.  of  G.  W.  Ludlum d.  Nov.  7,  1843. 

b.  June,  1826.  Woodbourne,  Sulli- 

van Co.,  N.  Y. 
"       Ludlow,  Eliz'th  M....d.  of  R.  M.  Ludlow, 

b.  July,  1824.  New  York. 

"      Lehman,  Sally  Ann...d.  of  Charles  Lehman, 
b.  Jan.  1825.  Philadelphia. 

"       Lyon,  Elizabeth d.  of  P.  S.  Lyon,  New 

b.  July,  1823.  York. 

"       Lyon,  Henrietta d.  of  P.  S.  Lyon,  New 

b.  July,  1824.  York. 

"       Lee,  Julia  G d.  of  A.  Lee,  Railway. ..m.  D.  B.  Post,  New 

b.  June  21,  1823.  N.  J.  York,  (Audubon 

Park.) 
"       Lippincott,  Harriet.. .New  York, 
b. 1821. 

1839. ..Ludlum,  Helen d.  of  G.  W.  Ludlum, 

b.  1831.  Kingston,  Ulster 

Co.,  N.  Y. 
"      Leisenring,  Mary  A...d.  of  John  Leisenring...m.  Oct.  14,  1844,  An- 
b.  March  12,  1824.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.        drew  Douglas. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  385 

1840...Lockwood,  Mary  A.-Fallsburg,  Sullivan 
b.  March,  182<.t.  Co.,  N.  Y. 

■'       Lewis,  Mary  E d.  of  A.  J.  Lewis, 

b.  Feb.  27,  1826.  Philadelphia. 

1841...LichtewaUner,Caro- 

Ijne d.  of  John  Lichtewall- 

b.  Feb.  26,  1829.  ner.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

•'      Loyall,  Camilla  F d.  of  William  Loyall, 

b.  1825  Norfolk,  Va. 

"       Lewis,  3Iarg't  Ann...d.  of  A.  J.  Lewis, 
b.  Nov.  1831.  Philadelphia. 

1842...LiUiendahl,  Caro- 

line d.  of  C.  D.  W.  Lillien-...d. 

dahl,  New  York. 

"      Levers,  Cordelia  ^ 

g   ^  d.  of  John  J.  Levers. ..m.  March  20, 18o4,  .Job 

Bethlehem,  Pa.  W.  R.  Pharo. 

"       Lord,  Eliz'th  W s.  d.  of  Samuel  Ward, 

b.  May,  1827.  New  York. 

"       Lord,  Hannah  T s.  d.  of  Samuel  Ward, 

b.  April,  1829.  New  York.  ,o.--     *i 

1844...Lockwood,Sophia  J...d.  of  Abr.  Lockwood...d.  Jan.  184o,  in  the 
b.  June  22,  1823.  Summit  P.  0.,  N.  J.       Seminary. 

1845. ..Lutz,  Louisa Circleville,  Ohio. 

b.  May,  1830. 

"      Loesch,  Maria Bethlehem,  Pa. 

b.  March  G,  1833. 
•'       Livingston,  Imogene 

Q New  York m. 

b.*  July  20,  1833. 

1846. ..Lewis,  Ann  Jane d.  of  .Lames  L.  Lewis, 

b.  Nov.  19,  1829.  Norristown,  Pa. 

"       Lyman,  Frances  ai....n.  of  P.  C.  Dummer, 
b.  1831.  Jersey  City. 

"       Lewis,  Sarah  W d.  of  .James  L.  Lewis, 

b.  Aug.  1831.  Norristown,  Pa. 

"       Lyons,  Lavilla  A d.  of  Z.  S.  Lyons, 

b.  Julv  9,  183G.  Clinton,  L;i. 

1847. .. Lehman,  Lucinda West  Brookfield  P.O., 

Stark  Co.,  Ohio. 

••       Linn,  Mary  W n.  of  Mrs.  Cochrane, 

b.  Oct.  18,  1832.  Shippensburg,  Pa. 

Laird,  Mary  E d.  of  Henry  Laird m.  Nov.  14,  1854,  .J.  h. 

h   M'arch  29    1832.  Belmont,  Panola  Ballentine. 

Co.,  Miss. 

1848. ..Lewis,  Eliza d.  of  Abijah  Lewis, 

b.  March  31,  1832.  Beaumont  P.  O..  Pa. 

Lewis,  Elizabeth d.  of  Samuel  Lewis, 

b.  April  1,  1833.  Allentown,  Pa. 

Lewis,  Mary  Jane d.  of  Samuel  Lewis, 

b.  Nov.  2,  1834.  Allentown,  Pa. 

Lannay,  Matilda d.  of  Louis  Lannay, 

b.  June  20,  1830.  New  York. 

Lewis,  Elmira  M d.  of  Isaac  Lewis,  South 

b.  Dec   7,  1830.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Lew^is,  Christiana....d.of  Isaac  Lewis,  South 
b.  Feb.  25,  1842.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

25 


386  CATALOGUE   OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1850...Lowerre,  Caroline 

E d.  of  B.  H.  Lowerre, 

b.  April  18,  1837.  New  York. 

"       liowerre,  Anna  M d.  of  B.  11.  Lowerre, 

b.  Sept.  28,  1838.  New  York. 

"       Lange,  Adelaide  E...d.  of  C.  Lange,  Beth- 
b.  Jan.  16,  1837.  lehem,  Pa. 

1851. ..Lewis,  Rebecca  G....d.  of  J.  Lewis,  Potts- 
b.  Sept.  5,  1834.  ville,  Pa. 

Lentz,  EmmaC w.  of  W.  Macferran, 

b.  Dec.  15,  1836.  Philadelphia. 
"       Luckenbach,  An- 
gelica H d.  of  Jacob  Lucken-....m.  Oct.  31,  1857,  Chas. 

b   Oct.  31,  1837.  bach,  Bethlehem,  Kunkler. 

Pa. 

1852... Lewis,  Martha d.  of  Samuel  Lewis, 

b.  Dec.  30,  1835.  AUentown,  Pa. 

"       Linerd,  Eliza  F d.  of  J.  B.  Linerd, 

b.  June  26,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

Lentz,  Eliza w.  of  W.  Macferran, 

b.  Feb.  26,  1840.  Philadelphia. 
"       Luckenbach,  Caro- 
line  d.  of  Wm.  Luckenbach, 

b.  May  27,  1838.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Longacre,  Eliza 

Hulda d.  of  Jas.  B.  Longacre, 

b.  May  12,  1837.  U.  S.  Mint,  Philada. 

Lowthorp,  Mary  W...d.  of  Francis  C.  Low- 
b.  May,  1842.  thorp,  Bethlehem, 

Pa. 

1853. ..Lay,  Mary  A Philadelphia. 

b.  March  22,  1838. 

"       Leach,  Abby d.  of  Thos.  J.  Leach, 

b.  April,  1837.  Scranton,  Pa. 

"       Lozier,  Louisa d.  of  John  Lozier, 

b.  Nov.  10,  1839.  New  York. 

Loyd,  Elizabeth d.  of  Wm.  B.  Loyd, 

b.  Dec.  1843.  Philadelphia. 

"       Learning,  Abigail d.  of  Israel  Leaming, 

b.  Jan."  28,  1840.  Cape  Island,  N.  J. 

"       Love,  Lydia d.  of  W.  H.  Love, 

b.  Dec.  17,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

1854. ..Locke,  Julia d.  of  J.  D.Locke m.  1857,  Wm.  B. 

b.  July  10,  1837.  New  York.  Bloodgood,  New 

York. 

"       Long,  Caroline d.  of  Isaac  Long, 

b.  April  7,  1841.  Pittsboro,  N.  C. 

"       Leeds,  Maria  E d.  of  Stephen  B.  Leeds, 

b.  March  2,  1838.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Leisenring,  Anne 

Maria d.  of  John  L.  Leisen-...m.  Dec.  17,  1857,  Geo 

b.  Dec.  21,  1838.  ring,  Mauch  Chunk.      S.  Wentz,  M.D., 

Eckley,  Pa. 

"       Leeds,  Julia  G d.  of  H.  H.  Leeds, 

b.  Feb.  2,  1834.  New  York. 

1855...Lawall,  Mary  Alice. ..d.  of  W.  H.  Lawall, 
b.  Jan.  23,  1842.  Easton,  Pa. 


BETULEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  387 

1855. ..Lewis,  Isabella 

C.  S d.  of  J.  N.  Lewis, 

b.  April  11,  1840.  Savannah,  Ga. 

'■*■      Levers,  Elmira d.  of  .John  J.  Levers, 

b.  April  7,  1841.  Bethlehem. 

"       Lange,  Emily d.  of  Christian  Lange, 

b.  Aug.  8,  1840.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Lindsley,  Clara d.  of  J.  Lindsley, 

b.  Sept.  3,  1840.  Somerville,  N.  .1. 

"       Lafon,  Mary  W d.  of  Mrs.  M.  A.  Lafon, 

b.  April  13,  1840.  Lexington,  Ky. 

"      Lafon,  Alice d.  of  Mrs.  M.  A.  Lafon, 

b.  Nov.  15,  1842.  Lexington,  Ky. 

"       Lisle,  Frances d.  of  Mrs.  !•].  Lisle, 

b.  June  30,  1839.  Pliiladelphia. 

"       Loder,  EmilyA d.  of  Lewis  B.  Loder, 

b.  Nov.  28,  1842.  New  York. 
1856...Luckenbach,  Ade- 
laide  d.  of  Henry  B.  Lucken- 

b.  July2G,  1842.  bach,  Betlilehem.Pa. 

"       Lacer,  Anna  Maria 

C North  Whitehall,  Le- 

b.  Dec.  12,  1838.  high  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Longstreth,  Ellen 

H Philadelphia. 

b.  May  10,  1838. 
"       Laubach,  Belinda 

31 d.  of  Joseph  Laubach, 

b.  June  23,  1839.  Catasauqua,  Pa. 

"       Le  Conte,  Eva d.  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Le 

b.  June  19,  1844.  Conte,  Washington, 

D.  C. 
"      Lichtenthaeler, 

Eleanor d.  of  Rev.  Christian 

b.  Jan.  30,  1845.  Lichtenthaeler, 

Nazareth,  Pa. 
"       Leibert,  Ellen  M d.  of  Henry  Leibert, 

b.  July  1,  1840.  Norristown,  Pa. 

"      Lipscomb,  Florida 

E TV.  of  Jas.  N.  Lipscomb, 

b.  Nov.  15,  1844.  Edgefield,  S.  C. 

1857...Lamdin,  Mary  E d.  of  Wm.  K.  Lamdin. 

b.  Feb.  22,  1841.  Baltimore,  Md. 

"       Lewis,  Sarah  A d.  of  Samuel  Lewis, 

b.  June  5,  1841.  Allentown  Iron 

Works. 
Little,  Alice d.  of  J.  S.  Little,  Ilack- 

b.  Sept.  18,  1841.  ettstown,  N.J. 

"       Lamar,  Rebecca d.  of  George  Lamar, 

b.  April  10,  1841.  Augusta,  Ga. 

1788...Montcrief,  Eliza 

Montgomery d.  of  Mrs.  Jane  Mont- 

b.  Dec.  25,  1776.  crief.  New  York. 

1789. ..McLaughlin,  Mary.. ..St.  Croix,  W.  I m   —  Leinberg. 

"       Moore,  Esther d.  of  John  Moore, 

New  York. 


388  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1790...McIlheniiv,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  McR- ra.  Sallows  Shewell. 

b.  Sept.  30,  1775.  henny,  Phila-  d.  1821. 

delphia. 

•'       Mercer,  Lucer d.  of —  Mercer m.  John  Frelinghuy- 

Millstone,  Somerset      sen,  Somerville. 
Co.,  Pa.  d.  1807. 

"       Mercer,  Gertrude d.  of —  Mercer m.  James  Lee,  M.D.. 

Millstone,  Somerset      New  London. 
Co.,  N.J.  d.  1830. 

1701...3Iortoii,  Sarah d.  of  John  Morton m.  June  10,  1801, 

b.  Sept.  9,  1781.  Philadelphia.  John  R.  Coates. 

•'       3Iorgan,  Elizabeth... d.  of  Col.  Jacob  Mor-..m.  Wm.  Sergeant. 
b.  Feb.  20,  1782.  gan,  Philadelphia.         d. 

1792. ..Miller,  Juliana d.  of  Henry  Miller m.  1794.  David  Watts. 

York,  Pa.  Carlisle,  Pa. 

1794... McDonald,  Eliz'th....d.  of  Rev.  John  Mc-  ...m.  Oct.  29. 1804,  Archi- 
b.  Oct.  22,  1781,  in         Donald,  Albany.  bald  Mclntyre. 

Scotland. 
•'       Montgomery, Esther..d.  of  W.  Montgomery, 
b.  July  17,  1785.  Philadelphia. 

Mumford,  Charlotte. .d.  of  Capt.  Giles m.  Nathaniel  Richards, 

b.  Nov.  29,  1781.  Mumford,  New  Lon-     d.  1835. 

don.  Conn. 

"       Mumford,  Cath d.  of  Capt.  Giles m  as  2d  wife,  Nathaniel 

b.  April  24,  1783.  Mumford,  New  Lon-     Richards;  resides  in 

don.  Conn.  New  York. 

•'       Massey,  Ann d.  of  Charles  Massey...m.  1810,  Wm.  Brown. 

b.  Feb.  14,  1781.  Philadelpliia.  d.  1811. 

•'       McAllister,  Amelia 

Maria d.  of  Archibald  ]\Ic-  ...m.  June  25,  1817,  Rev. 

b.  Aug.  31,  178G.  AUister,  near  Harris-     Sela  Payne,  To- 

burg.  Pa.  wanda. 

179y...McPherson,  Harriet..d.  of  John  McPherson, 
b.  Oct.  G,  1784.  Frederictown.  Md. 

1799. ..Maxwell,  Isabella d.  of  AVilliam  Maxwell, 

b.  Feb.  1790.  New  York. 

■'       Markoe,  Jane d.  of  A.  Markoe,  Jr.. 

b.  Feb.  22,  1791.  St.  Croix,  W.  1. 

•'       Marlkland,  Ann 

Maria d.  of  John  Markland, 

Philadelphia. 
1800...Mackay,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  Judge  S.  Mackay..m.  —  Love, 
b.  March  18,  1788.  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

•'       Morrell,  Ann Savannah,  Ga m.  N.  G.  Rutherford. 

b.  June  27,  1790.  d. 

•'       Millen,  Mary  Ann Savannah,  Ga m.  Francis  M'Leod, 

b.  1788.  Marietta,  Ga. 

"       Millen,  Ann  Cath Savannah,  Ga resides  with  her  sister. 

b.  1790. 

1801...Murrell,  Mary  E d.  of  W.  Murrell, 

Statesburg,  Sumpter 
District,  S.  C. 

"      Monks,  Anabella d.  of  John  Monks, 

b.  Sept.  12,  1789.  Abingdon,  Md. 

•'       Blitchell,  Susan d.  of  Andrew  Mitchell, 

b.  Jan.  14,  1791.  New  York. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY. 


389 


1 801... McCrea,  Margaret  . 

Jackson s.  d.  of  Major  Thomas 

b.  Nov.  8,  1789.  Gushing,  U.S.A., 

Washington  City. 

1802... Miller,  Maria d.  of  W.  G.  Miller, 

b.  July  20,  1789.  New  York.  m   iqao   i  k 

"       Meigs,  Mary  S d.  of  Retma  J.  Meigs... m.  July  19,  1809,  .John 

b  Jan   1    1792.  Jr.,  Postmaster-  6-  Jackson,  Clarks- 

'  General,  Marietta,        burg,  Va. 

Ohio. 

"       Marcellin,  Louisa d.  of  Antony  Mar- m.  Robert  Chew. 

b.  May  5,  1792.  cellin,  New  York. 

1803...Moore,  Rebecca d.  of  Augustus  Moore..m.  -  Dunn,  M  D. 

b.  July  25,  1790.  Augusta,  Ga.  d.  18o2,  m  Illinois. 

"      McMennomy,  Mary 
Catharine, 
b.  Jan.  G,  1793.  c,     j       at 

1804...Miller,  Sophia  C d.  of  Rev.  Geo.  G m.  Isaac  Snyder,  New 

b.  May  29,  1798.  Miller.  Jersey. 

-       Murray,  Ann  J d.  of  John  B.  Murray.. m.  Dec.  23   1811 

b   Oct   24   1791.  New  York.  George  Gallagher. 

"       Murray,  Eliza d.  of  John  B.  Murray.. m.  Feb.  1,  182G,  R. 

b.  Jan.  18,  1793.  New  York.  Peyton   Virginia. 

l805...Massey,  Letitia d.  of  John  Massey m.  Aug.  1826,  .John 

b   Sept   20   1795.  Philadelphia.  Randel,  Chesapeake 

^  City,  Cecil  Co.,  Md. 

"      McCraw,  Ann  Eliza. ..d.  of  Samuel  McCraw..m.  —  Gunn. 

>j.  1791.  Richmond,  Va. 

"      Mansfield,  Margaret 

Ejj^a d.  of  Samuel  Mansfield, 

b.  Jan.  16,  1794.  New  York. 

"       Michel,  Joanna d.  of  Lewis  Michel, 

b.  July  15,  1791.  St.  .Johns,  W.  I. 

1806.. .Miller,  Nancy d.  of  Samuel  Miller 

b.  Feb.  27,  1792.  Rockingham  Co.,  Va. 

"       Miller,  Betsy d.  of  Samuel  Miller, 

b.  March  21,  1794.  Rockingham  Co.,  Va.       ,^^^^ 

"       Murray,  Olivia d.  of  John  B.  Murray..m.  182/,  Rev.  James 

b.  Aug.  16,  1794.  New  York.  ^;^^,^.c. 

d. 

•       Murray,  Amelia d.  of  John  B.  Murray.. m   1824,  John  L. 

b  Aue.  1,  1796.  New  York.  Mason. 

"       Mitchell,  Mary  Ann...d.  of  Gov.  Nathanicl...m.  Feb.  13, 181  i,  John 
b.  April  8,  1795.  Mitchell,  Delaware.       King,  Georgetown. 

i),  c 
d.  1822. 

"       Masters,  Eunice d.  of  Josiah  Masters, 

b.  Feb.  1794.  Scaghticoke,  N.  Y. 

1807. ..Martin,  Harriet d.  of  Gen.  S.  Martin...m.  N    H.  Allen^ 

b  1794  Newport,  R.  I.  d.  Dec.  3,  18-3.3,  in 

New  Orleans. 

"      Moss,  Sarah d.  of  John  Moss m.  Isaac  Phillips. 

b.  1797.  Philadelphia.  d. 

"      Mitchell,  Ann  El w.  of  Mrs.  Ward, 

b.  June  28,  1798.  New  York. 


390  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1807... Martin,  Frances d.  of  Mrs.  Sarah m.  Rev.  —  Dessaus- 

b.  June  7,  1795.  Martin,  Camden,  sure. 

S.  C. 
1808. ..Mitchell,  Ann  Maria..d.  of  Thomas  Mitchell, 
b.  Aug.  20,  1797.  Louisa  Co.,  Va. 

"       Martin,  Julia d.  of  Prosper  Martin, 

b.  1798.  Philadelphia. 

"       Martin,  Sophia d.  of  Prosper  Martin, 

b.  1800.  Philadelphia. 

"      May,  Julia  Ann n.  of  Mrs.  E.  Durjee...m.  John  A.  Morton, 

b.  Jan.  17,  1795.  New  York.  Baltimore. 

"      Marie,  Caroline tt.  of  B.  R.  Morgan, 

b.  1796.  Philadelphia. 

"•  Maffet,  Eliza d.  of  Capt.  D.  Maffet, 

Philadelphia. 
1809...M'Callmont,  Har- 
riet  n.  of  Geo.  M'Callmont. 

b.  Oct.  24,  1797.  Philadelphia. 

"      Molther,  Louisa d.  of  Rev.  John  Mol-...m.  Rev.  —  Senderling. 

ther.  New  York. 

"      Michler,  Sahina d.  of  Nath'l  Michler...m.  Jacob  Wagener, 

Jacobsburg,  Pa.  Easton.  Pa. 

d. 

1810...Marcellin,  Eliza d.  of  Antony  Marcel- 

b.  March  20,  1798.  lin.  New  York. 

•'       Marrin,  Susanna s.  d.  of  —  Marvin, 

b.  March  22,  1794.  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

'*      Marvin,  Comfort s.  d.  of  —  Marvin, 

b.  Dec.  26,  1797.  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

"       M'Intyre,  Amelia d.  of  John  M'Intyre...d.  1820. 

b.  June  10,  1800.  Zanesville,  Ohio. 

"      Mapes,  Cath.  Ad New  York. 

b.  Oct.  27,  1800. 
1811...Medford,  Araminta 

A Chestertown,  Md m.  Philip  Brooks. 

b.  Feb.  26,  1799. 

•'       Martin,  Palma Philadelphia. 

"       Molther,  Caroline d.  of  Rev.  John  Mol- 

b.  Sept.  .3,  1803.  ther.  New  York. 

"       Maxwell,  Marg't  B....d.  of  Robert  Maxwell...m.  May  22, 1845,  Henry 
b.  March  14,  1798.  Middletown,  Del.  Y.  Slaymaker,  York 

Co.,  Pa. 

d.  March  24,  1850. 
•'      Meakings,  Mary  H....W.  of  Benj.  Hide, 
b.  Oct.  1800.  New  York. 

1812. ..Mercer,  Emma d.  of  Chas.  F.  Mercer...m.  Daniel  Steinhauer. 

b.  1798.  Leesburg,  Va.  d.  1832,  in  Philada. 

1813...Minugh,  Jane d.  of  Capt.  W.  Minugh, 

b.  Nov.  4,  1800.  New  York. 

"      M'Dougal,  Ann Norfolk,  Va. 

b.  April  9,  1802. 

1814. ..Moore,  Sarah  Ann....d.  of  L.  Moore m.  1st,  Oct.  22,  1822, 

b.  Oct.  22,  1800.  Morristown,  N.  J.  Silas  Pierson ; 

2d,  Nov.  10,  1829, 
Rev.  Daniel  Young. 

"      Mowry,  Eliz'th  N d.  of  Peter  Mowry m.  Dec.  4,  1821,  John 

b.  Sept.  17,  1804.  M.D.,  Pittsburg.  D.  Davis. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  391 

1815. ..Miner,  Anna  Maria....d.  of  Aslier  Miner m.  1819,  Abraham 

b.  Aug.  13,  1801.  Doylestown,  Pa.  Stout,  M.D. 

d.  Jan.  1855. 
Mortimer,  Charlotte 

B d.  of  Rev.  B.  Mortimer, 

b.  May  15,  1807.  New  York. 

Manners,  Ada d.  of  David  Manners, 

b.  July  17,  1799.  Amwell,  Hunterdon 

Co.,  N.  J. 
Marsteller,  Charlotte 

M d.  of  P.  G.  Marsteller.. .m.  —  Jones. 

b.  Aug.  17,  1801.  Alexandria,  Va. 

1816...Michler,  Henrietta. ..d.  of  N.  Michler, 
b.  1801.  Easton,  Pa. 

Michler,  Eliza d.  of  N.  Michler m.  James  M.  Porter. 

b.  1802.  Easton,  Pa. 

Maxwell,  Sarah  Ann..d.  of  Nimrod  Maxwell.  ..m.  May  19,  1840,  Ma- 
Chester,  Pa.  thias  Maris,  Philada. 
Marsteller,  Eliz'th....d.  of  P.  G.  Marsteller....nun  in  convent,  St. 
Alexandria,  Va.  Louis,  Mo. 

Marquand,  Lncretia-New  York m.  Oct.  2,  1833,  B.  W 

b.  Aug.  28,  1804.  Delamater,  Brook- 

lyn, N.  Y. 
d.  July  20,  183G. 
M'Menomy,£i.L.B...d.  of  R.  M'Menomy, 

New  York. 
Morgan,  Susan. 

1817. ..Maxwell,  Helen New  York. 

"       Maxwell,  Mary New  York. 

Morton,  Catharine.. ..d.  of  Thos.  C.  Morton, 

New  York. 
Mortimer,  Matilda.  ...d.  of  Rev.  B.  Mortimer, 

New  York. 
Maxwell,  Maria  G.  ...d.  of  N.  Maxwell, 
Chester  Co.,  Pa. 
3Iurdoch,  Marg't  C... Havana,  Cuba. 

1818...M'Keen,  Mary  F d.  of  Mrs.  M'Keen m.  Arthur  Erwin, 

Easton,  Pa.  Painted  Post,  Steu- 

ben Co.,  N.  Y. 
M'llhenny,  Mary 

Ann d.  of  William  M'll- m.  George  Taylor, 

b.  1805.  henny,  Roxborough,      District  of  Columbia. 
Pa. 
M'Menomy,  Char- 
lotte, Lavinia d.  of  R.  M'Menomy, 

b.  March  12,  180G.  New  York. 

Mellen,  Helen  M d.  of  N.  Mellen,  Boston. 

b.  July  4,  1803. 

Marshall,  Ann d.  of  Jas.  Marshall m.  Aug.  5,  1828,  Jame.s 

b.  Feb.  8,  180G.  Washington  City.  Irwin,  Alexandria, 

Va. 

Marshall,  Eleanora...d.  of  Jas.  Marshall m.  Nov.  22,  1828,  R. 

b.  Nov.  10,  1807.  Washington  City.  M.  Scott. 

d.  Jan.  17,  1830. 
Marshall,  Deborah. ..d.  of  Wm.  Marshall, 
b.  ]8(»4.  New  York. 

1819... Merrick,  Sarah d.  of  Mrs.  Hannah 

Merrick,  New  Hope. 


392  CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS    AT   THE 

1819. ..Maxwell,  Elizabeth.. .d.  of  JohnS.MaxweU...m.  Oct.  19,  1826,  Chas. 
b.  July  11,  1807.  Sussex  Co.,  N.  J.  Green,  Easton,  Pa. 

d.  Aug.  23,  1836. 

"      Munn,  Caroline  L d.  of  Stephen  B.  Munn...m.  Henry  Stokes. 

h.  June  12,  1806.  New  York. 

"      Munn,  Sarah  T d.  of  Stephen  B.  Munn...  m.  Thomas  F.  Cornell. 

b.  Jan.  22,  1809.  New  York.  d.  1853. 

"      Morell,  Elizabeth w.  of  Patrick  Houston. ..m.  Chas.  Dunham,  New 

Savannah,  Ga.  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

1820...Muschett,  Emily Baltimore. 

"      M'liinchey d.  of  Jas.  M'Linchey, 

b.  April  21,  1811.  Philadelphia. 

1821. ..M'Kenzie,  Ruth n.of  Capt.Alex.Thomp- 

b.  April  1,  1807.  son,  Baltimore. 

"      Molony,  Ann d.  of  James  Molony....m.  Chas.  J.  Thomas. 

b.  March  12,  1809.  Philadelphia. 

"       Manning,  Mary  D d.  of  Mrs.  Mary  Man-..m.  —  Waugh,  M.D., 

b.  Oct.  14,  1808.  ning,  Charlestown,        Duffields  P.  0.,  Va. 

Va. 

1822. ..Mixsell,  Matilda d.  of  Ph.  Mixsell m.  Chas.  Innes,  M.D. 

b.  March  10,  1805.  Easton,  Pa. 

"      Murray,  Roselma  F.-.d.  of  Maj.  W.  Murray. ..m.  1829,  John  From- 
b.  Aug.  27,  1809.  Newtown,  Bucks  berger. 

Co.,  Pa.  d.  Jan.  30,  1835. 

"      Molony,  Mary d.  of  James  Molony.. ..m.  —  Cox. 

b.  Dec.  1810.  Philadelphia. 

"      Misroom,  Mary d.  of  Capt.  Jas.  Mis- 

b.  Aug.  18,  1812.  room,  Charleston, 

S.  C. 
"      Maynard,  Elizabeth 

Ann d.  of  Richard  Maynard, 

b.  Aug.  2,  1812.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

"      Miller,  Catharine d.  of  Jacob  Miller m.  1st,  Dan'l  W.Burke; 

b.  Oct.  23,  1809.  Sussex  Co.,  N.  J.  2d,  Jacob  Wagener. 

Easton,  Pa. 
"      M'Kay,  Mary  C.  A....d.  of  George  M'Kay, 
b.  Aug.  2,  1813.  New  York. 

1823. ..Miner,  Mary  S d.  of  Charles  Miner.. ..m.  Joseph  J.  Lewis. 

b.  July  16,  1808.  West  Chester,  Pa. 

Morris,  Amanda  M....d.  of  Enos  Morris m.  Oct.  10,  1826,  John 

b.  Feb.  13,  1810.  Newtown,  Bucks  Lloyd. 

Co.,  Pa.  d. 

Miner,  Elizabeth d.  of  Asher  Miner m.  Caleb  Conrad,  Ches- 

AVest  Chester,  Pa.  ter  Co. 

d. 
"      Matthews,  Ann 

Elizabeth d.  of  Rev. — Matthews, 

b.  March  6,  1810.  St.SimonsIsland,Ga. 

"      McLean, Catharine... d.  of  Daniel  McLean. ..m.  Feb.  27,  1834, 
b.  Jan.  19,  1807.  Alexandria,  Va.  Howison  Hooe, 

Fauquier  Co.,  Va. 
"       McLean,  Hannah  A.  ..d.  of  Daniel  McLean. ..m.  May  31,  1831,  Wm. 
b.  Jan.  24,  1810.  Alexandria,  Va.  Cleary,  Washington 

.r,^.  City,  D.  C. 

1824...McMullan,  Mary d.  of  John  McMullan, 

b.  April  19,  1810.  New  York. 

"      Mies,  Clarissa d.  of  Thomas  Mies m.  May  14,  1840,  .John 

b.  Dec.  10,  1815.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  H.  Rice. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  393 

1825. ..Miles,  Mary d.  of  John  Miles m.  —  Karrick. 

b.  Feb.  2,  1811.  Baltimore. 

"       Maiikin,  Nancy d.  of  Isaiah  Mankin.  ..m.  —  .Jenks. 

b.  Sept.  7,  1813.  Baltimore. 

"       i>Iontgoinery,Elizt'h..n.  of  Gov.  .John  Geddcs, 
b.  1812.  South  Carolina. 

"       Mastin,  Mary  G d.  of  T.  F.  Mastin m.  .Jan.  18,  1838,  Ed- 

b.  April  15,  1810.  Huntsville,  Ala.  mund  Irby,  M.D. 

1826... Martin,  Rebecca, 
b.  March  23,  1811. 
-'       Martin,  Matilda, 
b.  March  20,  1814. 

•'       May,  Ruth  Anna Philadelphia. 

b.  Jan.  29,  1818. 

•'       McClutchey,  Jane d.  of  Isaac  J.  McClut- 

b.  April  l(j,  1812.  chey.  Petit  Gulf, 

Jefferson  Co.,  Miss. 
"       Mapes,  Catharine....  d.  of  Gen.  Mapes. 

•'       Maris, MargarettaM..d.  of  Geo.  Maris,  M.D... m.  Edm.  B.  Vaughan, 
b.  Nov.  27,  1809.  Baltimore.  Camden,  N.  J. 

•'       Moore,  Sophia d.  of  James  A.  Moore, 

New  York. 
Moore,  Sarah  Ann.... d.  of  James  A.  Moore, 
New  York. 

1827...Maensen,  E d.  of  Rev.  —  Maensen, 

Northampton  Co., 
Pa. 

Moore,  Mary d.  of  Daniel  Moore m.  1833,  Charles  B. 

b.  Sept.  10,  1814.  Washington,  Pa.  Kels,  Baltimore. 

d.  1833. 

•'       McClure,  Georgiana..d.  of  W.  McClure m.  —  StifiF,  Frederick 

b.  Jan.  20,  1813.  Baltimore.  Co.,  Md. 

d. 
•'      McAllister,  Matilda 

W d.  of  Geo.  W.  McAllis-..m.  Thomas  S.Clay, 

b.  April  7,  1817.  tei-.  Savannah,  Ga.        Bryan  Co.,  Ga. 

1828...McIntyre,  Ann d.  of  John  B.  Mclntyre, 

b.  May  20,  1812.  New  York. 

■'       Morison,  Agnes d.  of  .John  Morison d.  April  9,  1831. 

b.  August  18,  1811.        Abington,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  Pa. 

1830. ..Mies,  Charlotte d.  of  Thomas  Mies m.  March  22,  1849, 

b.  Sept.  21,  1824.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Rev.  E.  H.  Reichel. 

•'       McKenzie,  Mary 

Ann d.  of  Richard  McKen- 

b.  Aug.  2,  1820.  zie,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

•'       3Ioser,  Catharine w.  of  .John  Hughes m.  Lewis  Dougherty, 

b.  Dec.  20,  1813.  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa.        Minersville. 

1832. ..Moore,  Sarah  \V d.  of  F.  C.  Moore m.  James  T.  Baker, 

b.  July  9,  1821.  New  York.  Quincy.  111. 

•'      Moore,  Julia  M d.  of  F.  C.  Moore ni.  C.  D.  Jaggers,  Bur- 

b.  April  2,  1823.  New  York.  lington,  Iowa. 

"       Martin,  Gertrude d.  of  George  Martin, 

b.  Nov.  10,  1818.  Flatbush,  L.  L 

1833...MixselI,  Harriet d.  of  Daniel  Mixsell, 

b.  March  25,  1820.  Hope,  N.  J. 

•'       Mitchell,  Margaret. ..w.  of  Arch.  Dunbar, 
b.  April  4,  1823.  Natchez,  Miss. 


394  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1833. ..Mitchell,  Anua w.  of  Arch.  Dunbar, 

b.  1827.  Natchez,  Miss. 

"       Moore,  Mary d.  of  F.  C.  Moore m.  May  8,  1851,  Joseph 

b.  June  4,  182G.  New  York.  G.  Rowland,  Quincy, 

Illinois. 
1834...McCaiinon,  Sarah 

W. Baltimore. 

b.  1819. 
"       Morris,  Frances  H.  ...d.  of  Peter  Morris, 
b.  Dec.  1,  1824.  New  York. 

"      McCrea,  Eloise d.  of  Mrs.  Ann  McCrea, 

Philadelphia. 
"       McCrea,  Elizabeth  ...d.  of  Mrs.  Ann  McCrea, 
Philadelphia. 

"       May,  Amanda  F d.  of  John  A.  May, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1824.  New  York. 

1835... McAllister,  Agnes 

Y d.  of  John  McAllister, 

b.  Oct.  2,  1817.  Philadelphia. 

"      McAllister,  Sarah 

A d.  of  John  McAUis-..., m.  Sept.  15,  1840,  Wm. 

b.  March  13,  1819.  ter,  Philadelphia.  R.  Grant,  M.D. 

•'       McCauley,  Anne w.  of  —  Secor,  New 

b.  Aug.  8,  1818.  York. 

•'       Miller,  Louisa d.  of  Mrs.  Dutch m.  Oct.  16,  1855, 

b.  Aug.  4,  1823.  New  York.  AVm.  J.  Lane. 

■•       Miller,  Adelaide  D....d.  of  Mrs.  Dutch m.  August  30,  1845, 

b.  Sept.  12,  1825.  New  York.  Jas.  L.  Phelps,  Jr. 

•'       Mills,  Hannah  W d.  of  Thos.  H.  Mills, 

b.  Oct.  27,  1821.  New  York. 

1836. ..Mcintosh,  Mary d.  of  Maj.  Mcintosh, 

b.  1825.  U.S.A. 
Monell,  Mary  Isa- 
bella  d.  of  Charles  Monell, 

b.  May  3.  1824.  Goshen,  New  York. 

Merrit,  Julia  C d.  of  John  W.  Merrit, 

b.  1828.  New  York. 

•■       McKelvy, Martha  H.  ..d.  of  Wm.  McKelvy m.  August  28,  1844, 

b.  June  28,  1822.  Bloomsburg,  Pa.  David  L.  McKinney. 

1837. ..Moore,  Cornelia d.  of  James  Moore, 

New  York. 
•'       Moore,  Anna  Cath.  ...d.  of  James  Moore, 
New  York. 

Merry,  Anna  T d.  of  Thos.  H.  Merry, 

b.  Sept.  1,  1828.  New  York. 

"       Martin,  Frances d.  of  John  B.  Martin, 

b.  Dec.  31,  1822.  New  York. 

"       Martin,  Margaret d.  of  John  B.  Martin, 

b.  Mai'ch  9,  1825.  New  York. 

Martine,  Solitha Colombia,  S.  A. 

1838...M'Connell,  Mary 

Taylor d.  of  Benj.  R.  M'Con-..m.  A.  J.  Winterstein. 

b.  Nov.  1827.  nell,  M.D.,  Mauch         Summit  Hill. 

Chunk,  Pa. 

"       Marsh,  Charlotte d.  of  James  Marsh m.  1845,  Nicholas  Guil- 

b.  June,  1825.  Philadelphia.  bert. 

*'       M'Kennan,  Mary g.  d.  of  J.  Bowman, 

b.  Aug.  6,  1823.  Brownsville,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  395 

1838...Morss,  Lois  R Windham,  Green  Co., 

b.  Nov.  1823.  N.  Y. 

1839. ..Morris,  Mary  S d.  of  W.  C.  Morris, 

b.  .inn.  10,  1828.  Belvidere,  N.  J. 

"       Mitchell,  Elizabeth...d.  of  .1.  K.  Mitchell, 
M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

Morgan,  Harriet  R....d.  of  T.  C.  Morgan m.  Sept.  17,  1846,  Geo. 

rhiladelphia.  C.  Carson. 

"      Morgan,  Esther  V d.  of  T.  C.  Morgan, 

Philadelphia. 
1840...M'Cormick,  Isabella 

Veitch w.  of  \Vm.  Veitch, 

b.  April  15,  1828.  Philadelpliia. 

"      Molony,  Eloise d.  of  Joshua  Molony...m.  J.  W.  Davis,  Phila- 

b.  1829.  King  of  Prussia  delphia. 

P.  0.,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Pa. 

"      Molony,  Ellen d.  of  Joshua  Molony, 

b.  Dec.  1831.  King  of  Prussia 

P.  0.,  Montgomery 
Co.,  Pa. 
"       aiitchell,  Hannah  C.d.  of  Alfred  Mitchell, 

b.  Jan.  1830.  Philadelphia. 

"       M'Cauley,  Isabella....d.  of  Jas.  M'Cauley....m.  April  16,  1855, 

b.  May  17,  1832.  Philadelphia.  Henry  Lafourcade. 

"       Menagh,  Eliz'th  A d.  of  David  Menagh m.  April  17,  1850,  John 

b.  May  9,  1827.  Rockaway,  N.  J.  A.  Dalrymple,  Mor- 

ristown,  N.  J. 

1841. ..Miller,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Abraham  Miller, 

Easton,  Pa. 
"       Mitchell,  Rosalie  A.. .Flushing,  Long  Island. 

b.  Aug.  14,  1827. 
"       M'Cutchin,  Sarah  R...d.  of  Adam  M'Cutchin, 
b.  Jan.  1829.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

1842...Mulvany,  Eliza  S d.  of  Thos.  Mulvany...m.  Z.  T.  Gait,  Reading. 

b.  Feb.  1827.  Whitemarsh,  Pa. 

"       Martin,  Sophia  J d.  of  Capt.  Hugh  Mar- 

b.  Feb.  18,  1829.  tin,  Seaford,  Del. 

"       Moore,  Louisa 

Elizabeth d.  of  Thomas  Moore.. ..m.  Sept.  4,  1856,  G.W. 

b.  March  1,  1835.  Philadelphia.  Fetterman,  M.D. 

1843. ..Miller,  Susan  E d.  of  Col.  J.  B.  Miller...m.  —  Friman,  M.D. 

b.  June  14,  1832.  Sumpterville,  S.  C. 

1844. ..Moore,  Elizabeth d.  of  Henry  C.  Moore, 

b.  Dec.  1829.  New  York. 

"       Miller,  Catharine s.  of  S.  Miller m.  Jacob  Wagner. 

b.  1828.  Pinegrove,  Pa. 

"      Mitchell,  Susan  M....d.  of  J.  K.  Mitchell m.  Wm.  Neilson. 

b.  March  31,  1830.  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

"      Mitchell,  Letitia d.  of  J.  K.  Mitchell m.  Geo.  L.  Harrison. 

b.  Aug.  11,  1832.  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

"       3Iurray,  Catharine.... d.  of  Wm.  G.  Murray. 
b.  Dec.  31,  1835. 
1845...M'Brair,LucretiaG...d.  of  John  M'Brair, 
b.  Sept.  1831.  New  York. 

"       Mills,  Alice  F d.  of  Drake  Mills, 

b.  Aug.  10,  1838.  New  York. 


396  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1845..  Mehl,  Ellen  L d.  of  J.  Jlehl,  German- 

b.  April  8,  1830.  town,  Pa. 

Moore,  Elizabeth  B...d.  of  Thomas  Moore, 
b.  Oct.  7,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

1840. ..Marseilles,  Susan d.  of  Peter  Marseilles, 

b.  July  1,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

"       M'Clenny,  Blartha 

Ann d.  of  Col.  W.  D m.  Monalcus  Lank  ford, 

b.  Nov.  2,  1882.  M'Clenny,  SuflFolk,         Franklinton,  Frank- 

Nansemond  Co.,  Va.      lin  Co.,  N.  C. 
"       M'Givern,  Rose 

Anna d.  of  Patrick  M'Gi- m.  Oct.  15, 1850,  Albert 

b.  Nov.  28,  18—.  vern,  Reading,  Pa.        Griffiths. 

"       Munn,  Rhoda d.  of  P.  C.  Munn, 

b.  July  10,  1832.  Powerville,  N.  J. 

"       M'Alpine,  Margaret 

A.  E -w.  of  W.  Roberts, 

b.  April  9,  1832.  Portsmouth,  Va. 

"       Mayer,  Beata d.  of  Brantz  Mayer, 

b.  July  6,  1838.  Baltimore. 

"       Mayer,  Catharine d.  of  Brantz  Mayer, 

b.  Oct.  8,  1836.  Baltimore. 

Morton,  Mary  H d.  of  Charles  Morton, 

b.  Dec.  7,  1832.  Philadelphia. 

1847...Mitman,  Rachel  E1...W.  of  —  Fritz,  Bucks 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Marcellin,Louisa  de..d.  of  E.  P.  de  Marcel- 
b.  Nov.  8,  1834.  lin,  New  York. 

"       Miltimore,  Mary d.  of  E.  Miltimore, 

b.  Sept.  19,  1832.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Martin,  Anna  R.  D....d.  of  Capt.  David  Mar- 

b.  May  12,  1834.  tin.  New  York. 

"       iMiller,  Marietta  F....d.  of  Depue  S.  Miller, 
b.  July  2,  1833.  Stroudsburg.  Pa. 

]848...M'Fatridge,  Mary w.  of  Miss  Hetty  Sell... m. 

b.  May  8,  1837.  Reading,  Pa. 

M'Cron,  Hannah  J....d.  of  Rev.  John  M'Cron, 
b.  May  9,  1838.  Still  Valley,  Warren 

Co.,  N.  J. 

1849. ..Meeks,  Sophia  T d.  of  Jos.  W.  Meeks, 

b.  1836.  New  York. 

"      M'llroy,  Martha d.  of  Alex.  M'llroy, 

b.  Sept.  22,  1835.  Philadelphia. 

"       Morgan,  Ann  Eliza. ..d.  of  W.  J.  Morgan, 
b.  Aug.  22,  1835.  Carbondale,  Pa. 

"       Marsden,  Hannah d.  of  John  Marsden, 

b.  April  29,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

"       Mayo,  Agnes  Ann d.  of  H.  B.  Mayo d. 

b.  Aug.  24,  1835.  Philadelphia. 

1850... Meeker, Josephine L..d.  of  Daniel  Meeker, 
b.  Nov.  18,  1833.  Columbia,  Morris 

Co.,  N.  J. 
"       M'Ewen,  Susan  E....d.  of  Wm.  S.  M'Ewen...m. 

b.  Dec.  1832.  Kingston.  Tenn. 

"       M'Ewen,  Marg't  J....d.  of  John  C.  M'Ewen...m.  John  C.  Gillespie, 
b.  Oct.  30,  1833.  Kingston,  Tenn. 

"       M'Clain,  Anne  E d.  of  Wm.  M'Clain m.  Nov.  6, 1856,  Robert 

b.  Jan.  8,  1835.  Norfolk,  Va.  W.  Kyle. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  307 

1850...M'Kenty,  E Philadelphia m.  M.  11.  Mes«chert,  Jr. 

b.  Jan.  1887. 

"       M'Bride,  Eliza  J d.  of  S.  M'Bride, 

b.  June,  1832.  Philadelphia. 

"       Miller,  Mary  Ann d.  of  John  R.  Miller, 

b.  Jan.  14,  1834.  Pinegrove,  Schuyl- 

kill Co.,  Pa. 
"      Mitchell,  Josephine 

H s.  d.  of  J.  D.  Harris, 

New  York. 
"       Morris,  AndreAV 

Anna Hamorton,  Chester  Co. , 

b.  March,  1831.  Pa. 

1851  ...Mulock,  Clara d.  of  "William  Muloek, 

b.  May  21,  1837.  New  York. 

■'       Mulock,  Frances  J....d.  of  William  Mulock, 
b.  May  17,  1841.  New  York. 

"       Mulock,  Maria  H d.  of  William  Mulock, 

b.  Aug.  18,  1843.  New  York. 

"       Mason,  Eliz'th  G-. d.  of  .J.  S.  Mason, 

b.  Jan.  1842.  Philadelphia. 

Michael,  Mary  E g.  d.  of  Mrs.  Pafli m.  .June  2C,  185;",,  Benc- 

b.  Aug.  1836.  Fiulay,  Baltimore.         diet  H.  Keen.  Perry- 

manville,  Harford 
Co.,  Md. 
"      Mersereau,  Gertrude 

A d. of  Alfred  Mersereau. ..m.  J.  E.  Doyle. 

b.  Feb.  28,  1838.  Port  Richmond, 

Staten  Island. 
•'       Marsden,  Elizabeth.. d.  of  Rev.  J.  H.  Mar.s- 
b.  Feb.  23,  1837.  den,  York  Sulphur 

Springs,  Pa. 

Martin,  Emma  D d.of  F.  A.  :Martin,M.D., 

b.  Feb.  8,  1837.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Martin,  Virginia  S....d.  of  F.  A.  Martiu,M.D., 
b.  Sept.  27,  1839.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

•'       Moran,  Martha  A d.  of  Charles  Moran, 

b.  Sept.  30,  1842.  New  York. 

1S52... Mills,  Amelia  II d.  of  J.  B.  Mills,  Potts- 

b.  Nov.  25,  1837.  ville,  Pa. 

"       Messinger,  Louisa  J.. d.  of  D.  Messinger m.  —  Blasius. 

b.  Oct.  25,  1838.  Stockertown,  North- 

ampton Co.,  Pa. 
"       Mixsell,  Ann  Eliz'th..d.  of  David  Mixsell .  ...resides  at  Phillipsburz, 
b.  Dec.  17,  1842.  Easton,  Pa.  N.J. 

"       McLean,  J. Eliz'th. ..d.  of  Alex.  McLean resides  at  Wilkcs- 

b.  June  17,  183G.  Carbon  Co.,  Pa.  Barr6,  Pa. 

"       Monarquc,  Eliza d.  of  J.  H.  Monarque, 

b.  Oct.  7,  1834.  New  York. 

•'       Monarquc,  Mary d.  of  J.  H.  Monarque, 

b.  July  18,  1838.  New  York. 
"       Miller,  Emily  Jo- 
sephine  d.  of  .Mrs.  Geo.  Thomae, 

b.  Feb.  18,  1839.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Marsh,  Sarah  A s.  of  Theo.  W.  Marsh, 

b.  Oct.  13,  1836.  New  York. 

"      Marks,  Elizabeth d.  of  James  Marks, 

b.  July  1,  1837.  Philadelphia. 


398 


CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 


1853. ..Molan,  Mary  31 d.  of  James  Molan, 

h.  Sept.  30,  1841.  Philadelphia. 

"      Mathews,  Martha d.  of  Alpheus  Mathews, 

b.  March  15,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

"      Mixsell,  Anna  31 d.  of  Ph.  Mixsell, 

b.  Feb.  5,  1840.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Marshall,  Caroline 

Grace d.  of  Wm.  ]\Larshall, 

b.  Sept.  1839.  Washington,  D.  C. 

"       3Ioore,  Elizabeth d.  of  Thos.  H.  Moore, 

b.  Oct.  22,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

"      McFarlane,  3IaryE...d.  of  D.  McFarlane, 

b.  Sept.  4,  1836.  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

"      Moore,  Adelaide d.  of  Clayton  Moore, 

b.  Sept.  1834.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

1854...3Iears,3Iary  Eliz'th..d.  of  Henry  H.  Mears, 

b.  March  31,  1835.  Hazleton,  Pa. 

"       Mears,  Lydia  Ann d.  of  Henry  H.  Mears, 

b.  Dec.  14,  1839.  Hazleton,  Pa. 

"      Morrison,  Susan 

Trelawney d.  of  Jos.  Morrison d.  1857. 

b.  Jan.  4,  1841.  New  York. 

•'       Morrison,  Harriet 

Blanche d.  of  Jos.  Morrison, 

b.  Aug.  4,  1842.  New  York. 

"       Morrison,  Josephine..d.  of  Jos.  Morrison, 

b.  May  24,  1846.  New  York. 

"       Alinor,  3Iary  E d.  of  Mrs.  Anna  Minor, 

b.  May,  1837.  New  York. 

"       Minor,  Emily  L d.  of  Mrs.  Anna  Minor, 

b.  June,  1839.  New  York. 

"       Moore,  Alleine d.  of  C.  Moore,  Bethle- 

b.  Sept.  14,  1844.  hem,  Pa. 

Mildeberger,3IaryJ...d.  of  Oliver  D.  Milde- 

b.  July  14,  1840.  berger.  New  York. 

•'       Mayo,  Elizabeth d.  of  H.  B.  Mayo, 

b.  Aug.  24,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"      31oore,  Rebecca d.  of  William  Moore, 

b.  Dec.  11,  1836.  Richmond,  Ray  Co., 

Mo. 
"       Moore,  Maria  L.  E....d.  of  William  ^Moore, 

b.  Feb.  2,  1838.  Richmond,  Ray  Co., 

Mo. 
"       Moyer,  Ellen  C d.  of  George  Moyer, 

b.  April  22,  1840.  Weissport,  Pa. 

"       Martin,  Jane  E d.  of  F.  A.  Martin, 

b.  July  2,  1842.  M.D.,Bethlehem,Pa. 

Millington,  Kate  31.  ..d.  of  J.  Millington, 

b.  1837.  M.D.,  Memphis, 

Tenn. 


Millington,  Ann 

Eliza d. 

b.  Jan.  21,  1841. 

Meyerholz,  Sophia  ...d. 

b.  Feb.  21,  1841. 


of  J.  Millington, 

M.D.,  Memphis, 

Tenn. 

of  Henry  Meyerholz, 

New  York. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  ZW 

1854. ..McAllister,  Sarah 

Elizabeth t^-  of  Robert  Mc.Mhs- 

b.  Jan.  7,  1843.  ter,  Juniata  Co.,  Pa. 

•'      McAllister,  Henri- 

etta  G <!•  of  Robert  McAUis- 

b.  May,  1845.  ter,  Juniata  Co..  Pa. 

'•       McKinley,  Anna d.  of  Wm.  McKinley, 

b.  Aug.  22,  1839.  New  York. 

"      Moore,  Lydia d.  of  Francis  C.  Moore, 

b.  Jan.  30,  1840.  Quincy,  111. 

McReynolds,  Martha 

3fay  Canal  Dover,  Ohio. 

b.  May  24,  1840. 
1855...MersereaH,  Emilie  ...d.  of  J.  T.  Mersereau, 
b.  Sept.  3,  1843.  Staten  Island. 

'♦      Mathews,  Geraldine 

H s.  d.  of  J.  D.  Cowles, 

b.  Aug.  1,  1840.  Lansing,  Iowa. 

•       McGlaughlin,  Sarah..d.  of  M.  McGlaughlin, 
b.  July  15,  1840.  Marcus  Hook,  Pa. 

"       Morrell,  Emma d.  of  Thomas  Morrell, 

b.  May  2,  1840.  New  Y'ork. 

••       Morrell,  Frances d.  of  Thomas  Morrell, 

b.  June  0,  1845.  New  York. 

••       MacLellan,Amanda..d.  of  C.  J.  MacLellan, 

b.  May  25,  1841.  Philadelphia. 

"       MacLellan,  Jo- 

sephine d   of  C.  J.  MacLellan, 

b.  April  17,  1843.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Moss,  Stella d.  of  Alfred  A.  Moss, 

b.  Oct.  1844.  Philadelphia. 

"       Miller,  Sophia  S d.  of  Riitger  B.  Miller, 

b   May  31,  1841.  Alder  Creek,  Oneida 

Co.,  N.  Y. 
•■       Miller,  BlandinaD....d.  of  Rutger  B.  Miller, 
b   May  1    1843.  Alder  Creek,  Oneida 

Co.,  N.  Y. 
•       Meredith,  Sarah  W....n.  of  Hugh  :Meredith, 
b.  Dec.  17,  1837.  Buckingham,  Bucks 

Co.,  Pa. 

185G...McKenzie,  Alice 

jjiQg d.  of  Alexander  McKin- 

b.  May  5,  184G.  zie.  New  York. 

•'       Myers,  Emily  S d.  of  Jacob  A.  Myers, 

b.  June  9,  1841.  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa. 

•'       Moore,  Julia  A d.  of  David  Moore, 

Huron  Co.,  Ohio. 
•'       Morrison,  iMaggie  E...d.  of  Jas.  M.  Morrison, 
b.  July  29,  1838.  New  York. 

Miller,  Fannie  S d.  of  A.  Miller,  M.D., 

b.  May  4,  1841.  New  Orleans. 

Moore,'Mary  E d.  of  J.  K.  Moore, 

b.  Dec  12,  1843.  Greensboro,  Ala. 

Moss,  Kate  E d.  of  Edward  A.  Moss, 

b.  .Jan.  22,  1844.  Philadelphia. 

Miller,  Eliz'th  B d.  of  Joseph  A.  Miller, 

b.  Oct.  30,  1841.  New  York. 


400  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1856. ..Miller,  Sarah d.  of  Rutger  B.  Miller, 

b.  June  15,  1845.  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       McCullough,  Alida....d.  of  Jas.  McCullougl, 

b.  Sept.  30,  1841.  New  York. 

"       McCullough, Einma...d.  of  Jas.  McCullougl., 
b.  Aug.  19,  1843.  New  York. 

1857...Meylert,  Priscilla d.  of  Michael  Meylert, 

b.  Aug.  14,  1841.  Scranton,  Pa. 

Moore,  Sallie d.  of  Benjamin  Moore, 

b.  Jan.  12,  1846.  Philadelphia. 

Marshall,  Clarine d.  of  William  Marshall, 

b.  April  18,  1840.  Hagerstown,  Md. 

1700. ..Nichols,  Martha d.  of  William  Nichols, 

b.  July  3,  1780.  Philadelphia. 

"       Neilson,  Gertrude d.  of  Col.  John  Neil-...m.  June  4,  1799,  Rev. 

b.  April  25,  1780.  son,  New  Bruns-  Geo.  S.  Woodhull; 

wick,  N.  J.  resides  at  Princeton. 

1799...Niven,  Jane d.  of  Daniel  Niven d.  1847. 

b.  Feb.  23,  1787.  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

1801...Nowland,  Eliza d.  of  Peregrine  Now- 

b.  Sept.  27,  1787.            land,  Harford  Co., 
Md. 
Norfleet,  Louisa d.  of  M.  Norfleet m.  D.  Clark,  William- 
Halifax  Co.,  N.  C.  ston,  Martin  Co.,  N.C. 

Norfleet,  Lucy d.  of  M.  Norfleet m.  —  Drew. 

Halifax  Co.,  N.  C. 
1802. ..Nicholson,  Mary 

Ann d.  of  Geo.  Nicholson. ..m.  Chapman  Johnson. 

b.  Feb.  21,  1789.  Richmond,  Va. 

1803. ..Nicholson,  Agnes Manchester,  Va. 

b.  May  7,  1793. 

1804. .. Nicholson,  Margaret..Richmond,  Va m.  Robert  Gwathmey. 

b.  1791.  d. 

180o...Nisbet,  Caroline d.  of  Alexander  Nisbet, 

b.  1799.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

1807...Neyle,  Mary  B d.  of  Sampson  Neyle...m.  .June  24,  1830.  J.  S. 

b.  Oct.  12,  1797.  Georgia.  Thomas,  Milledge- 

ville,  Ga. 
d.  May  24,  1880. 

Neyle,  Eliz'th  H d.  of  Sampson  Neyle...m.  as  2d  wife,  J.  S. 

b.  Sept.  14,  1799.  Georgia.  '  Thomas,  Milledge- 

ville,  Ga. 

1808...No\rland,  Harriet d.  of  Peregrine  Now- 

b.  Dec.  1798.  land,  Harford  Co., 

Md. 

1810. ..Nixon,  Frances  N g.  d.  of  Thomas  Nixon, 

b.  Feb.  1802.  New  York. 

1813. ..Nugent,  Eliza  F d.  of  Geo.  Nugent d.  May  22,  1820,  in  the 

b.  Sept.  11,  1804.  Philadelphia.  Seminary. 

1814...Norris,  Ann d.  of  James  Norris, 

b.  Feb.  29,  1804.  Baltimore. 

1815...Nesbit,  Laura  Kelly.. adopted  d.  of  Mrs.  A. 
b.  1808.  Nesbit,  Charleston, 

S.C. 

1819. ..Norris,  Jane m.  —  Huntington. 

1820. ..Neyle,  Charlotte d.  of  Sampson  Neyle. ..m.  Horace  Smith,  New 

b.  July  3,  1806.  Georgia.  Haven,  Conn. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  401 

1 820. ..Neyle,  Emma d.  of  Sampson  Neyle...m.  F.  W.  Heineman. 

b.  Dec.  3,  IHO'.t.  Georgia.  d.  Aug.  1844. 

1822...Naiicrede,  Pauliue...Philadelplna. 

1825...Norris,  Sarah d.  of  William  Norris, 

b.  Oct.  9,  1813.  Baltimore. 

"       Nowlan,  Ann  E d.  of  Col.  G.  G.  Now-...m.  Nov.  25,  1830,  Rev. 

b.  Dec.  5,  1808.  Ian,  Effingham  Co.,       A.  H.  M'Dowell. 

Ga. 
"       Nowlan, Margaret  G..d.  of  Col.  G.  G.  Now-,..m.  Nov.  19,  1832,  J.  R. 
b.  Sept.  18,  1812.  Ian,  Effingham  Co.,       Saussey,  M.D.,  Sa- 

Ga.  vannah. 

1826. ..Nutt,  Mary d.  of  Rush  Nutt,  M.D., 

b.  Nov.  9,  1812.  Petit  Gulf,  Jefferson 

Co.,  Miss. 

•'       Nutt,  Sarah d.  of  Rush  Nutt,  M.D., 

b.  Nov.  1819.  Petit  Gulf,  Jefferson 

Co.,  Miss. 
''      Nowlan,  Ann  Geor> 

gina "w.  of  Robert  Taylor.  ...m.  Oct.  6,  1835,  Daniel 

b.  Nov.  12,  1814.  Savannah,  Ga.  Remshart. 

"      Nicoll,  Car.  Mary  S...d.  of  Col.  A.  Y.  Nicoll...m.  Col.  Miller  Hallowes, 
b.  June  9,  1813.  New  Brunswick,  St.  Mary's,  Ga. 

N.  J. 

1831...Naylor,  Mary  Ann St.  Bartholomew,  W.  I. 

b.  1820. 

1833...Neale,  Margaret d.  of  Daniel  L.  Neale, 

b.  Oct.  1,  1820.  New  York. 

1835. ..Neuville,  Victoria n.  of  John  Charruaud, 

b.  March  10,  1824.  New  York. 

]83G...Nourse,  Eliz'th  B Northumberland,  Pa. 

b.  Aug.  7,  1823. 
"       Nourse,  Josephine. ...Northumberland,  Pa. 
b.  Dec.  20,  1825. 

•'       Nevius,  Elizabeth d.  of  Jas.  S.  Nevius. ...d.  March  16,  1844. 

b.  1824.  New  Brunswick. 

N.  J. 

*'       Nevius,  Mary d.  of  Jas.  S.  Nevius.. ..m.  John  Arthur. 

b.  1826.  New  Brunswick,  d.  Dec.  15,  18.50. 

N.  J.  I 

1837. ..Neuville,  Mary w.  of  John  Charruaud. 

b.  1830.  New  York. 

Nesbit,  Caroline  3I....d.  of  Hugh  Nesbit m.  Oct.  22, 1844,Samuel 

b.  June  23,  1821.  Morris  Co.,  N.  J.  S.  Hartwell,  Somer- 

ville. 

''      Nesbit,  S.  Mary d.  of  Hugh  Nesbit resides  at  Mendham. 

b.  May  24,  1824.  Morris  Co.,  N.  J. 

1842. ..Nesbit,  Emma d.  of  Hugh  Nesbit d.  Aug.  8,  1845. 

b.  April  8,  1828.  Morris  Co.,  N.  J. 

1845. ..Neal,  Emma d.  of  William  Neal m.  Joseph  Anderson. 

b.  July  31,  1831.  Philadelphia. 

1840. ..Nicholson,  Ann 

Maria d.  of  Mrs.  Sarah  B m.  William.  H.  Woods, 

b.  Aug.  1833.  Phelps,  Stratford,         Philadelphia. 

Conn. 

1851. ..Noble,  Eugenia d.  of  Capt.  Jas.  Noble. 

b.  Aug.  18,  1839.  U.S.N.,  Charleston, 

S.C. 
26 


402  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

18-52...Naglc,  Melissa  C d.  of  Charles  Nagle, 

b.  Jan.  10,  1839.  Bath,  Pa. 

1853...Naugle,  Maria d.  of  William  Naugle, 

b.  March  2(5,  1840.  New  York. 

1855. ..Nice,  Caroline  Reb...d.  of  B.  R.  Nice,  Ham- 
b.  Jan.  7,  1838.  burg,  Pa. 

1856. ..Napier,  Mary  S d.  of  Leroy  Napier, 

b.  July  7,  1841.  M.D.,  Macon,  Ga. 

Nixon,  Cornelia  M....n.  of  H.  M.  Nixon, 
b.  March  20,  1843.  Manayunk,  Pa. 

Nixon,  Frances  B d.  of  H.  M.  Nixon, 

Manayunk,  Pa. 

1857. ..Nixon,  Martha d.  of  Martin  Nixon, 

b.  March,  1848.  Germantown. 

"       Nicholson,  Hannah 

K d.  of  ]Mrs.  Sarah  B. 

b.  June  1,  1843.  Phelps,  Philadel- 

phia. 

1787. ..Owings,  Deborah d.  of  Samuel  Owings..  m  Peter  HoflFman. 

b.  Nov.  14,  1777.  Baltimore.  d. 

1789. ..Owings,  Maria d.  of  Richard  Owings, 

b.  Sept.  23,  1777.  Baltimore  Co..  Md. 

1791. ..Owings,  Frances d.  of  Samuel  Owings, 

Baltimore. 

1794. ..Otto,  Ann  Maria d.  of  Jos.  Otto,  M.D....m.  H.  B.  Smith,  M.D. 

Nazareth,  Pa. 

1795. ..Owings,  Mary d.  of  Samuel  Owings, 

Baltimore. 

1796. ..Owings,  Ann d.  of  Samuel  Owings, 

Baltimore. 

1797. ..Ogle,  Elizabeth d.  of  B.  Ogle,  Frede- 

ricktown,  Md. 

1799...01mstead,  Mary d.  of  Capt.  Aaron m.  George  Austin,  New 

b.  Oct.  27,  1784.  Olmstead,  East  Hart-     York. 

ford,  Conn.  d.  March  22,  1825. 

"       Olmstead,  Harriet. ..d.  of  Capt.  Aaron m.  George  Howell, 

b.  Nov.  2,  1787.  Olmstead,  East  Hart-     Philadelphia. 

ford,  Conn.  d.  Jan.  22,  1811. 

1801...O'Gorman  Mary New  York. 

1802...Olney,  Rebecca d.  of  Col.  Christopher...m.  Wm.  C.  Bowen,  M.D. 

b.  Jan.  27,  1789.  Olney,  Providence.        d. 

1803... Oliver,  Prudence  T...d.  of  John  Oliver,  Pe- 
b.  Oct.  22,  1789.  tersburg,  Ga. 

"       Oliver,  Sally  W d.  of  John  Oliver,  Pe- 

b.  Aug.  6,  1792.  tersburg,  Ga. 

1804...Obrie,  Amelia d.  of  Nicholas  Obrie, 

b.  March,  1790.  Philadelphia. 

"       Olden,  Rebecca  B....W.  of  John  Evans, 
b.  July  23,  1791.  Philadelphia. 

1815. ..Oden,  Ellen d.  of  B.  Oden,  Prince...m.  Arthur  P.  West. 

George's  Co.,  Md.  d.  Oct.  1856. 

"       Oden,  Sophia d.  of  B.  Oden,  Prince...m.  Baruch  Mullikin. 

George's  Co.,  Md.  d.  July,  1851. 

«'       Oden,  Eliza d.  of  B.  Oden,  Prince...m.  Col.  W.  D.  Bowie. 

George's  Co.,  Md.         d.  Aug.  1836. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  403 

1815. ..Oden,  Christiana d.  of  B.  Odon,  rrince...in.  Thos.  II.  Clagett, 

George's  Co.,  Md.         M.D.,  Leesburg,  Va. 
d.  1841. 

1816. ..Old,  Elizabeth Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa m.  Hamilton  AVitman. 

b.  Oct.  18,  1805.  Reading. 

1817. ..Osborne,  Mary d.  of  Thos.  Osborne.. ..m.  Sept.  I'J,  1822,  Ili- 

b.  April  25,  1802.  Morris  Co.,  N.  J.  ram  Smith,  Troy, 

N.  Y. 

*'       Osborne,  Eliza d.  of  Samuel  Osborne, 

New  York. 

1818...0ppelt,  Caroline  H...Nazareth,  Pa m.  Rev.  John  P.  Decker. 

Monroe  Co.,  Pa. 

1827...0ppie,  Sarah  E.  D n.  of  Jacob  Vandyke. ..d.. July  21,  1828,  in  the 

b.  March  20,  1811.  Kingston,  Somerset       Seminary. 

Co.,  N.  J. 

1830...Oerter,  Maria  L.  M...d.  of  John  Oerter m.  Nov.  14,  1843,  Rev. 

b.  March  2,  1821.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  L.  F.  Kampmann. 

1833. ..Oerter,  Caroline  E...d.  of  John  Oerter m.  May  23,  1842,  R.  0. 

b.  Oct.  0,  1822.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Luckenbach. 

1835...0gden,  Cordelia  A....d.  of  John  Ogden m.  June  24,  1840,  J.  H. 

b.  Dec.  2,  1818.  Newark,  N.  J.  Clark,  M.D. 

"       Oliver,  Cath.  Mary...d.  of  Geo.  L.  Oliver.. ..m.  Jan.  5,  1847,  W.  C. 

b.  Oct.  23,  1821.  Philadelphia.  Richardson. 

1836...0gilby,  Olivia Bethlehem. 

*'       Ogilby,  Eliza Bethlehem. 

"       Ogilby,  Ann Bethlehem. 

1840. ..Oliver,  Eliza  M d.  of  Joshua  C.01iver...m.  Oct.  28,  1845, 

b.  Aug.  23,  1826.  Philadelphia.  Edwin  Earp. 

1844. ..Oliver,  Emma  C d.  of  Jas.  C.  Oliver m.  A.  G.  Asay,  Chicago, 

b.  1830.  Pottsville,  Pa.  111. 

"       Oliver,  Mary  D d.  of  Jas.  C.  Oliver m.  Oscar  Moore,  Dan- 

b.  1832.  Pottsville,  Pa.  ville,  Pa. 

"       Oliver,  Almira d   of  Jas.  C.  Oliver, 

b.  1834.  Pottsville,  Pa. 

1853...0ehler,  Caroline d.  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Oehler, 

b.  Feb.  23,  1842.  Kansas. 

1855. ..Ogden,  Eliza  C n.  of  Jos.  G.  Ogden,  , 

b.  July  tJ,  1839.  Elizabeth  City,  N.  J. 

1857...0berly,  Clara d.  of  John  S.  Oberly, 

b.  May  17,  1843.  Easton.  Pa. 

"       Odeuwelder,  Emma..Easton,  Pa m.  Dec.  19,  1857,  Geo. 

b.  Oct.  27,  1841.  Baker. 

1788... Palmer,  Lydia d.  of  George  Palmer, 

Northampton  Co., 
Pa. 

"       Palmer,  Eliza d.  of  George  Palmer, 

b.  April  10,  1780.  Northampton  Co., 

Pa. 

1789. ..Piatt,  Eliza d.  of  Richard  Piatt m.  —  Bogert. 

'•       Phillips,  Hannah d.  of  George  Phillips...ra.  —  Palfrey,  New  Or- 

Middletown,  Conn.        leans. 

d.  1820. 

"      Polhemus,  Ann d.  of  A.  Polhemus, 

New  York. 

1791. ..Phelps,  Mary d.  of  0.  Phelps,  Suf-...m  Jan.  10,  1798, 

b.  Sept.  5,  1778.  field,  Hartford  Co.,        Amasa  Jackson, 

Conn.  New  York. 


404  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1792. ..Pitt,  Mary d.  of  Capt.  T.  Pitt, 

Pliiladelphia. 

1793. ..Polk,  Esther  W d.  of  Wra.  Polk,  near 

b.  April  9,  1779.  Salisbury,  Somerset 

Co.,  Eastern  Shore, 
Md. 

1793. ..Polk,  Gertrude d.  of  Wm.  Polk,  near 

b.  April  13,  1781.  Salisbury,  Somerset 
Co.,  Eastern  Shore, 
Md. 
"       PostlethAvaite,  Ame- 
lia  d.  of  Col.  Samuel  Pos-..m.  — Coulter,  Greens- 

b.  JIarch  1,  1780.  tlethwaite,  Carlisle,       burg,  Pa. 

Pa.  d.  1817. 

"       Piatt,  Amelia d.  of  .Jeremiah  Piatt, 

b.  July  20,  1782.  New  York. 

"       Parsons,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Parsons, 

b.  Aug.  17,  1783.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

•'       Parsons,  Jane d.  of  Wm.  Parsons, 

b.'  Aug.  6,  1785.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

1794. ..Pool,  Sally d.  of  Thomas  Pool m.  Col.  Samuel  Green. 

b.  Feb.  22,  1780.  New  London,  Conn.      d. 

•'       Perkins,  Mary d.  of  Joseph  Perkins, 

b.  Jan.  28,  1783.  Philadelphia. 

1796. ..Preston,  Mary d.  of  Nathan  Preston.. .d.  March  18,  1814. 

b.  Nov.  13,  1783.  AVoodbury,  Conn. 

1797  ..Paris,  Margaret d.  of  P.  Paris,  Har-.  ...m.  Wm.  Spohn. 

b.  May  16,  1787.  rowgate,  Phila.  Co.        d. 

1798. ..Pratt,  Ann  M d.  of  Henry  Pratt m.  James  Dundas. 

b.  Sept.  15,  1787.  Philadelphia.  d.  Aug.  1851. 

"       Pratt,  Sarah  C d.  of  Henry  Pratt m.  Thomas  M'Kean. 

b.  Dec.  1,  1791.  Philadelphia.  d.  1837. 

1799. .. Patten,  Lucinda d.  of  N.  Patten d.  Sept.  11,  1807. 

b.  July  6,  1785.  Hartford,  Conn. 

1800. ..Pooler,  Rebecca d.  of  John  Pooler d.  1853. 

b.  1788.  Savannah,  Ga. 

'       Pooler,  Elvira d.  of  John  Pooler d. 

b.  1790.  Savannah,  Ga. 

•'       Papineau,  Lizette.  ...w.  of  Jas.  Lasseire St.  Domingo,  W.  L 

b.  1792.  New  York. 

1801.  .Pratt,  Mary d.  of  Capt.  John  Pratt, 

b.  May  23,  1789.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

1802. ..Phillips,  Caroline d.  of  Capt.  Isaac  Phil- 
lips, Baltimore. 

''       Piper,  Harriet Baltimore. 

b.  Nov.  6,  1791. 

1803. ..Perry,  Elizabeth d.  of  M.  Perry,  Fair-..d.  April  5,  1808. 

b.  June  2,  1791.  field.  Conn. 

•'       Parramore,  Marg't...d.  of  Maj.  Thos.  Parra- 
b.  July  26,  1789.  moi'e,  Richmond,  Va. 

"       Pope,  Matilda d.  of  Leroy  Pope m. 

b.  July  2,  1791.  Petersburg,  Ga.         d. 

Price,  Eliza, 
b.  Oct.  8,  1790. 
1804. ..Pollard,  Lucy  Ann...d.  of  Robert  Pollard. ..m.  —  Roberts,  Culpep- 
b.  1792.  Richmond,  Va.  per  Co..  Va. 

■'       Potter,  Mary  Ann d.  of  James  Potter, 

b.  Sept.  8,  1792.  Philadelphia. 


BETllhElIEM    FPLMALE    SExMINARY.  405 

180i3...Pemberton,  Ann 

Coleman d.  of  Tbos.  Pember-....m.  —  Crenshaw. 

b.  Dec.  4,  1792.  ton,  Goochland  Co.,      d. 

Va. 
"       Pemberton,  Mary 

Baily d.  of  Thos.  Pember-....m.  — Brice. 

b.  May  23,  1794.  ton,  Goochland  Co.,      d. 

Va. 

1806. ..Pooler,  Caroline  M,..d.  of  John  Pooler m.  John  Frazer,  M.D. 

b.  Dec.  25,  1792.  Savannah,  Ga.  d.  1849. 

"       Peyton,  Margaret 

Cwatkin d.  of  C.  Peyton,  Albe- 

b.  1794.  marlc  Co.,  Va. 

Patten,  Sally d.  of  N.  Patten d.  April  19,  1810. 

b.  1793.  Hartford,  Conn, 

"       Patten,  Fanny d.  of  N.  Patten d.  Jan.  30,  1809. 

b.  1794.  Hartford,  Conn. 

1807... Pratt,  Caroline d.  of  Capt.  Pratt, 

b.  Sept.  15,  1796.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

"       Peck,  Harriet d.  of  Bela  Peck,  Nor-... m.  May  11,  1812,  Gen. 

b.  March  17,  1795.  wich,  Conn.  Wm.  Williams. 

"      Peter,  Maria Gnadenhiitten,  Ohio....m.  Jan.  29,  1833,  Jac. 

b.  Sept.  17,  1800.  Blickensderfer, 

Canal  Dover,  Ohio. 
d.  Aug.  15,  1840. 
1 809. ..Pemberton,  Dice  K...d.  of  Thos.  Pember-...,ni.  Aug.  4,  1814,  Isaac 
b.  June  13,  1797.  ton,  Goochland  Co.,      Quarles,  llichmoml, 

Va.  Va. 

"       Porter,  Harriet d.  of  Giles  W.  Porter...m.  Major  Williams, 

b.  Jan.  2,  179G,  Albany. 

1810. ..Pratt,  Esther d.  of  Samuel  Pratt, 

b.  Aug.  1798.  Buffalo,  N.  Y, 
"       Perpall,  Jessie  Ro- 
salie  d.  of  G.  W.  Perpall, 

b.  Sept.  4,  18(12,  St.  Augustine,  Fa. 

"       Perpall,  Susanna d.  of  G.  Vv.  Perpall, 

b.  Dec.  2,  1803.  St.  Augustine,  Fa. 

1811... Peter,  Dorcas  E d.  of  D,  Peter,  Ohio m.  J,  Tschudy. 

b.  March  29,  1803.  d, 

1813  ..Pierson,  Ann  S d.  of  EbenezerPierson, 

b.  Dec.  18,  1799.  Morristown,  N.  J. 

"       Pierson,  Sarah d.  of  EbenezerPierson, 

b.  May  1,  1801.  Morristown,  N.  J. 

1814. ..Price,  Eliza d.  of  Jeffrey  Price m.  Bishop  L.  L.  llam- 

b.  May  4,  1800.  Zanesville,  Ohio,  line,  Meth.  Epis. 

Church, 
d.  March  27,  1835. 

1815. ..Parke,  Ann  Eliza d.  of  C.  B.  Parke, 

b.  June  26,  1805.  Philadelphia. 

1816. ..Perry,  Hetty d.  of  M.  Perry,  Fair-„.m.  Sept,  3,  1822,  Fred 

b.  May  6,  1801,  field,  Conn,  Marquand,  South- 

port,  Conn, 

"       Parke,  Maria d.  of  C.  B.  Parke, 

Philadelphia. 

"       Paulus,  Caroline d.  of  C   G.  Paulus m.  .Vug.  10,  1825,  Joliu 

b.  Dec.  10,  1801.  Bethlehem.  Rice. 

Plea8onton,Matilda.,d.  of  Stephen  Plea- m.  J.  G.  W'atmough, 

santon,  Washington.     Philadelphia. 


406  CATALOGUE  OF  PUPILS  AT  THE 

1817...Paulus,  A.Pauline....cl.  of  C.  G.  Paulus m.  Oct.  21,  1825,  Geo. 

b.  Jan.  5,  1805.  Bethlehem.  W.  Dixon. 

"       Parke,  Ann Philadelphia. 

' '       Parke,  Martha Philadelphia. 

1818. ..Piper,  Caroline  C d.  of  James  Piper m.  May  2,  1831,  John 

b.  Aug.  2(3,  ISOi.  Del.  Co.,  Pa.  K.  Zeilin,  Chester. 

"       Prentiss,  Julia  M.G...d.  of  James  Prentiss, 
b.  Nov.  2,  1807.  Lexington,  Ky. 

1819...Paulus,  Angelica  S...d.  of  C.  G.  Paulus  m.  Oct.  22,  1833,  Ernst 

b.  March  2(3,  1810.  Bethlehem.  Lehman,  Bethle- 

hem, Pa. 

"       Parker,  Eliza d.  of  James  Parker, 

b.  1804.  Cochransville,  Ches- 

ter Co.,  Pa. 

1820.. .Peet,  Sarah  Ann d.  of  William  Peet m.  Henry  K.  Harral. 

b.  March  31,  1806.  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

1821. ..Phillips,  Juliet d.  of  Daniel  Phillips, 

b.  March  2,  1807.  Trenton,  N.  J. 

1822. ..Patton,  Adelaide  E...d.  of  James  M.  Patton..m.  June  20,  1839, 
b.  Sept.  19,  1812.  Philadelphia.  Lewis  S.  Yorke. 

"       Patton,  Ann  Eliza.  ...d.  of  James  M.  Patton..m.  April  27,  1836,  R. 
b.  Oct.  31,  1814.  Philadelphia.  F.  Purnell,  M.D., 

North  Carolina. 

"       Perit,  Ruth d.  of  John.  W.  Perit....m.  — Weatherly,  Ohio. 

b.  Sept.  3,  1806.  Philadelphia.  d. 

1823. ..Paulus,  Amelia  C.  ...d.  of  C.  G.  Paulus m.  March  3,  1834,  H. 

b.  Jan.  15,  1813.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  P.  Osborne. 

d.  Dec.  15,  1846. 

"       Philip,  Susanna d.  of  A.  L.Philip, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1816.  Philadelphia. 

1824. ..Post,  Sarah d.  of  William  Post, 

b.  Sept.  16,  1812.  New  York. 

"      Pietsch,AramintaC...d.  of  John  G.  Pietsch...m.  Sept.  23,  1849, 

b.  June  27,  1813.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Moses  Ricksecker, 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

1825... Phillips,  Julia d.  of  Wm.  Phillips, 

b.  Jan.  22,  1811.  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1826...Phillips,  Louisa  A d.  of  Wm.  Phillips m.  —  Davis. 

b.  May  28.  1812.  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Paulus,  Louisa  M.  ...d.  of  C.  G.  Paulus d.  April  11,  1838. 

b.  Nov.  17,  1816.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"      Pritchett,  Eliz'th  B...d.  of  T.  B.  Prichett, 
b.  1811.  Philadelphia. 

"      Prall,  Eliza  M d.  of  E.  Prall,  New 

b.  Dec.  16,  1816.  York. 

"       Post,  Emily d.  of  Allison  Post, 

b.  June  11,  1816.  New  York. 

"       Philip,  Sophia  M Brooklyn. 

b.  18 '6. 

"       Pullen,  Emily  L d.  of  Capt.  Randall m.  Robert  Lower. 

b.  Nov.  28,  1813.  Pullen,  Baltimore.         New  York. 

"       Page,  Mary d.  of  Mrs.  Rebecca Richmond,  Va. 

b.  March  20,  1817.  Page. 

1827. ..Peters,  Elizabeth d.  of  Jacob  Peters m.  R.  Cresswell. 

b.  Oct.  12,  1815.  Chestnut  Hill,  Pa.  d.  1849. 

1828... Probst,  Catharine d.  of  Daniel  Probst, 

White  Hall,  Lehigh 
Co.,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  407 

1828...Post,  Jerusha d-  of  William  Tost, 

New  lork.  . 

"       Powers,  Sarah  H d.  of  Thomas  Towers, 

^.       PoVXnnki''': d.  of^L\Tamin  Pott....m.  L.  F.  W.itney, 

"^rX^g^mt Pottsviile,  ra^  ^p«:rjo^'5S44 

-       n«ft    Snrah  d.  of  Benjamin  Pott....m.  Feb.  20,  1844, 

^r5u'ly^T,'l819.  Pottsville.  Pa.  ^-^J.^rSoO. 

1830...Pietsch  A.  Louisa d.  of  JohnG.Pietsch...d.  Jan.  24,  1849. 

b.  Oct.  6,  1820.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       PPtPrson  Ann  EIiza..d.  of  Hans  Peterson.  ...m.  May  23,  1844,  Ke% . 
b   Sept  'l2    r8T8  Litiz,  Pa.  John  J.  Regenass. 

b.  bept.  1-,  loio.  ,  ^   ^^  ^j^^  Delaware 

Mission,  Fairfield. 
Canada  West. 

-       Pott,  Christina w.  of —  Strauch,  Potts- 
ville, Pa, 

1831...Pott,  Maria w.  of  -  Strauch m.  Alex.  Sillyman. 

b   April  6,  1824.  Pottsville,  Pa. 

.'       Petersen,  Margaret. ..d.  of  Lewis  Petersen...m.  John  Hamilton, 
b.  May  11,  1818.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  ^^  °^°^-«    ,000 

"       Pvrlaeus,  Mary d.  of  John  L.  Pyrlaeus..ra.  March  8,  18..8, 

b   Oc"  16   1817.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  H.  B.  Luckenbach. 

"       Philip,  Julia Philadelphia. 

b.  April  11,  1817. 

1834...Paysant,  Louisa d.  of  Jacob  Paysant, 

b   Feb   24,  1821.  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. 

"       Phelps,  Olivia  E d.  of  Anson  G.  Phelps, 

b.  Jan.  5,  1820.  New  York.  .^risii 

"       T>n«t    Susan  d.  of  Gerardus  Post m.  Nov.  2o,  1841, 

"^r  :Vug.'?"l821.  New  York.  Edward  W^Loggett- 

*'       i»««t    MarvJ       d.  of  Gerardus  Post.... m.  Nov.  3,  1847, 

b   beJ   '9    1827  New  York.  Wm.T.  Barber  Ware- 

"      Post,  Matilda d.  of  William  Post, 

New  \ork. 

"       Porter.  Sarah d.  of  Solomon  Porter...m.  Oct.  5,  1842,  Jas. 

b   March  11    1821.  Hartford,  Conn.  D.  Brewer,  Spring- 

■  '  '  field,  Mass. 

18^-^     T>hillins   Emnieline..d.  of  John  Phillips m.  March  11,  1845, 

183o...PhiiUps,  Emmeline       ^.j^.j^^^^^j^.^^  Robert  Scrymser, 

'  New  York. 

"      Perkins,  Sarah d.  of  Benjamin  Per- 

b   Oct.  27,  1819.  kins,  Chenango  Co., 

N.  Y. 

-       Pastorius,  Ann  B d.  of  Jos.  Past orius. ...m.  April  25,  184-' 

b.  March  14,  1818.  Valley  Forge,  Pa.  Enoch  Taylor, 

Philadelphia. 

183G. ..Powers,  Rebecca  C...d.  of  Thos.  C.  Powers, 
b.  Oct.  1832.  New  York. 

1837. ..Peter,  Mary  L d.  of  John  W.  Peter m. 

b.  March  31,  1828.  Philadelphia. 

"       Piper,  Austina d.  of  John  Piper, 

b.  Jan.  1822.  Rising  Sun,  Phila- 

delphia Co.,  Pa. 


408  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1837. ..Pile,  Elizabeth d.  of  R.  S.  Pile, 

b.  March  9,  1825.  Philadelphia. 

"      Penn-Gaskell, 

Elizabeth d.  of  Peter  Penn- m.  —  Skillern,  M.D. 

Gaskell,  Phila. 
"      Penn-Gaskell, 

Louise d.  of  Peter  Penn- m.  —  Fitzgerald. 

Gaskell,  Phila. 
1838...Paleske,  Wilhel- 

mina d.  of  Lewis  Paleske m. 

b.  Dec.  27,  182-t.  Philadelphia. 

"       Pretz,  Mary  L d.  of  G.  Pretz,  Alleu-...ra.  Jesse  M.  Line. 

b.  Nov.  14.  1827.  town,  Pa. 

1840.. .Philips,  Eliza  D d.  of  John  Philips m.  —  Vibbert. 

b.  April  28,  1827.  E.  Baton  Rouge,  La. 

"       Philip,  Caroline  M...d.  of  AVilliam  Philip, 
b.  Sept.  27,  1825.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Pinkney,  Eliza d.  of  W.  H.  Pinkney, 

b.  Dec.  24,  1824.  New  York. 

"       Peters,  Emma d.  of  J.  Peters m.  P.  Sides. 

b.  Aug.  182G.  Philadelphia.  d. 

1841. ..Potts,  Ellen  E d.  of  Robert  T.  Potts. ..m.  Lewis  T.  Rutter. 

b.  Aug.  28,  1830.  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa.     PJiiladelphia. 

•'       Parker,  Harriet Philadelphia. 

b.  Dec.  28,  1826. 
"       Partenheimer, 

Elizabeth d  of  Ph.  Partenheimer, 

b.  Dec.  1825.  Philadelpliia. 

"       Pinkney,  Julia d.  of  AV.  H.  Pinkney, 

b.  May,  1827.  New  York. 

1844. ..Prince,  Susan  Mary...d.  of  Rev.  William 

b.  May  16,  1837.  Prince,.Jamaica,W.  L 

1845. ..Pearson,  Eliz'th  M...d.  of  John  Pearson, 
b.  Sept.  5,  1831.  New  York. 

"      Peters,  Julia  E d.  of  Jacob  Peters m.  S.  W.  Comly. 

b.  July  31,  1828.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Prentzell,  Eliz'th  S...d.  of  S.  D.  Prentzell, 

b.  July  19,  1830.  Philadelphia. 

"      Phillips,  Catharine.. .d.  of  Geo.  L.  Phillips, 

b.  1830.  Philadelphia. 

Prizer,  Mary  C d.  of  Henry  Prizer m.  April  4,  1848,  Rev. 

b.  April  4,  1830.  Trappe,  Montgomery     John  R.  Kooken. 

Co.,  Pa.  Mercersburg,  Pa. 

Potter,  Ellen, 
b.  March  24,  1832. 

"       Plumb,  Grace New  York m.  .James  Davis. 

b.  July  15,  1831.  d.  1855. 

1846. ..Pruden,  Camilla SuflFolk,  Va m.  Mills  Marshall. 

b.  Sept.  23,  1829.  Isle  of  Wight  Co. 

"       Pruden,  Joanna  K...  Suffolk,  Va. 

b.  Dec.  14,  1832. 
"       Potter,  Martha. 

1847. ..Parsons,  Mary d.  of  Isaac  Parsons, 

b.  1828.  Falsington  P.  0., 

Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 

1848. ..Polk,  Isabella  W w.  of  Levi  James m   Thomas  Hough. 

b.  Aug.  8,  1829.  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  d.  1851. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE   SEMINARY.  409 

1848. ..Penrose,  Hannah d.  of  N.  R.  Penrose, 

h.  Feb.  22,  1829.  Beaver  Meadow,  Pa. 

1849. ..Pollock,  Mary  C d.  of  Wm.  Pollock ni.Nov.  18, 18o6,LeRoi 

b.  May  23,  1837.  Como,  Whitesides  15.  Wndleigh,  Mere- 

Co.,  111.  dith  Village,  N.  H. 

1850,..Penn>T)ackcr,  Mary 

E d.  of  James  A.  Penny- 
fa.  July  24,  1838.  packer,  Durham 
Iron  Works,  Pa. 

Prince,  Charlotte d.  of  Rev.  Wm.  Prince, 

b.  Dec.  20,  1841.  West  Indies. 

•'      Peineman,  Augusta 

C d.  of  Henry  G.S m.  Oct.  26,  1856,  J,  P. 

b.  Oct.  24,  1835.  Peineman,  Balti-  Weixler,  Jr.,  AVer- 

more,  Md.  cester,  Mass. 

1851. ..Porter,  Mary  E d.  of  M.  N.  Porter m.  Rev.  James  Wilson, 

b.  March,  1836.  Raritan,  N.  J.  Monmouth  Co.,  N.  J. 

•'       Pepper,  Mary d.  of  Henry  J.  Pepper, 

b.  July  12,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

1852...Pearce,  Elizabeth. ...d.  of  Nathaniel  Pearce, 
b.  April  13,  1836.  New  York. 

"      Pearce,  Rose d.  of  Nathaniel  Pearce, 

b.  Feb.  14,  1838.  New  York. 

"      Patterson,  MaryK....d.  of  Thos.  D.  Patter- 
fa.  Oct.  7,  1835.  son,  Philadelphia. 

"       Parker,  Emily  H d.  of  Mrs.  S.  Parker. ..m.  Capt.  James  Noble, 

b.  Oct.  25,  1837.  New  York.  U.S.N. 

■'      Price,  Helen  Marion.. Schuylkill  Haven,  Pa. 
fa.  Dec.  27,  1834. 

1853. ..Peters,  Julia d.  of  Jacob  Peters,  Jr., 

fa.  May  1,  1843.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Pfirmau,  Caroline d.  of  Charles  Pfirman. 

fa.  Fefa.  1,  1840. 
•'       Perkins, Caroline  A...Wyoming,  Pa. 
fa.  Nov.  1836. 

]854...Polte,  Dorothea d.  of  C.  Polte,  Bethle- 

fa.  Dec.  13,  1838.  hem,  Pa. 

"       Paul,  Eliz'th  Annie.  ..d.  of  D.  W.  Paul, 
fa.  March  5,  1846.  Petersfaurg,  Va. 

Potts,  Martha  J d.  of  R.  T.  Potts, 

fa.  May  11,  1835.  Norristown,  Pa. 

1855...Pritner,  Mary d.  of  J.  T.  Pritner, 

fa.  Nov.  3,  1838.  M.D.,  Clarion,  Pa. 

•'       Pope,  Elizabeth  J.  ...d.  of  Alex.  Pope,  Sen., 
fa.  Sept.  29,  1837.  Washington,  Ga. 

"       Pope,  Ann  E d.  of  Alex.  Pope,  Sen., 

fa.  July  29,  1839.  Washington.  Ga. 

"       Pearce,  Helen d.  of  Nathaniel  Pearce, 

fa.  Aug.  21,  1841.  New  York. 

■'       Parker,  Mary  Jane...d.  of  Mrs.  David  W. 
fa.  Sept.  5,  1838.  Jones,  Chester  Co., 

Pa. 

•'       Peter,  Emily  S d.  of  Lewis  Peter, 

fa.  Aug.  24,  1842.  Gnadenhutten,  Ohio. 

1856...Plumer,  Emma w.  of  J.  Palmer, 

fa.  March  20,  1845.  Philadelphia. 

•'      Pearce,  Annie  S d.  of  Nathaniel  Pearce, 

b.  May  13,  1843.  New  York. 


410  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

185(3. ..Price,  Lizzie  B d.  of  .Joseph  Price, 

b.  Oct.  22,  1846.  Philadelphia. 

"       Paul,  Susanna d.  of  Wm.  R.  Paul, 

Philadelphia. 
"       Paul,  Anna d.  of  Wm.  R.  Paul, 

b.  Oct.  10,  1841,  Philadelphia. 

(twins.) 
"       Pickens,  Jennie  D....d.  of  Col.  F.  W.  Pick- 

b.  Nov.  15,  1845.  ens,  Edgefield,  S.  C. 

18o7...Pearce,  Edith  W d.  of  Nathaniel  Pearce, 

b.  Nov.  184G.  New  York. 

•'       Pitt,  Mary  E d.  of  W.  Pitt,  Stam- 

b.  Jan.  26,  1846.  ford,  Conn. 

"       Perry,  Louisa  C d.  of  Robert  Perry, 

b.  Aug.  29,  1842.  New  York. 

"       Price,  Lizzie  D d.  of  John  R.  Price, 

b.  Sept.  3,  1840.  Pottstown,  Pa. 

"       Pretlow,  Mary  W d.  of  T.  J.  Pretlow, 

b.  Nov.  10,  1841.  M.D.,  Southampton 

Co.,  Va. 
"      Paulus,  Maria 

Louisa d.  of  Gustavus  Paulus, 

b.  April  10,  1842.  New  York. 

1827... Quin,  Sarah d.  of  Henry  Quin, 

b.  April  6,  1812.  Hunterdon  Co.,  N.  J. 

1786...Reichelt,  Caroline 

Sophia m.  Aug.  30,  1808,  Rev. 

b.  Oct.  13,  1780.  Jacob  F.  Loeffler, 

d.  June  20,  1849. 
1789...Reichel,  Sophia 

Dorothy d.  of  Rev.  Chai-les  G...m.  June  5,  1809,  Rev. 

b.  Aug.  13,  1781.  Reichel,  Nazareth.         C.  F.  Seidel,  Bethle- 

hem, Pa. 
d.  Oct.  26,  1857. 

"       Read,  Susan d.  of  Collinson  Read....m.  Thomas  Collins, 

Reading,  Pa.  Pittsburg, 

d. 

"       Read,  Lydia d.  of  Collinson  Read...d. 

Reading.  Pa. 
1791. ..Rodman,  Eliz'th  W...d.  of  Daniel  Rodman. ..m.  1796,  Andrew 
b.  Jan.  14,  1778.  New  York.  Backus. 

d.  Dec.  12,  1825. 
1792...Reade,  Catharine 

Livingston d.  of  John  Reade m.  Jan.  31,  1805,  N.  W. 

New  York.  Stuyvesant. 
"      Reade,  Ann  Living- 
ston  d.  of  John  Reade m.  April  24,  1810, 

New  York.  Robert  Kearney, 

d.  March  3,  1857. 

"       Reigart,  Cath d.  of  Adam  Reigart....m.  Philip  Albright. 

Lancaster,  Pa.  d.  Jan.  21,  1817. 

"       Rakestraw,  Martha...New  Jersey. 

"       Ryers,  Catharine d.  of  S.  Ryers,  Staten 

Island. 

**       Read,  Maria d.  of  Collinson  Read...m.  —  Dennis,  New 

Reading,  Pa.  Brunswick,  N.  J. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  411 

1792. ..Redman,  Eliza d.  of  Jos.  Redman, 

Woodstock,  near 
Philadelphia. 

1793. ..Ross,  Rachel d.  of  Thomas  Ross m.  Nov.  29,  1804, 

b.  March  23,  1782.  "Westchester,  Ta.  Richard  Maris. 

1794.. .Richards,  Cath.  M....d  of  Peter  Richards. ..m.  Oct.  2,  1802,  Levi 
b.  April  11,  1781.  Norwich,  Conn.  Huntington. 

d.  Aug.  6,  1818. 

"      Roosevelt,  Ann  N d.  of  C.  C.  Roose- 

b.  Oct.  18,  1781.  vclt.  New  York. 

1795. ..Rodman,  Rachel  S....n.  of  W.  Coxe,  Jr., 
b.  Oct.  1783.  Burlington,  N.  J. 

1796. ..Robeson,  Catharine..d.  of  Peter  Robeson.. ..m.  April  24,  1804,  John 
b.  Nov.  28,  1781.  Roxborough,  Pa.  Moore,  M.D.,  Phila. 

"       Robeson,  Jane d.  of  W.  Robeson, 

b.  May  30,  1785.  Newport,  Del. 

1797...Redick,  Sarah d.  of  D.  Redick m.  Capt.  Anderson, 

b.  June,  1784.  Washington,  Pa.  U.S.A. 

d.  at  Louisville,  Ky. 
1799...Rochefontain,  Cath. 

R.  B d.  of  Col.  S.  Rochefon- 

b.  July  6,  1785.  tain,  Newburgh, 

N.  Y. 

"       Redick,  Peggy d.  of  David  Redick m.  —  Stevens,  M.D. 

b.  July  13,  1786.  Washington,  Pa.  d.  1832. 

"       Rathbone,  Sarah m.  Joshua  Downes. 

b.  Oct.  16,  1784. 

"       Rathbone,  Clarissa m.  Theodore  W.  Smith. 

b.  Nov.  19,  1786. 
1800...Ressenconrt,  Desi- 

ree w.  of  —  Perrier Port  au  Pi'ince,  St.  Do- 

b.  Sept.  22,  1788.  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.      mingo. 

1801...Reinke,  Maria 

Theresa d.  of  Rev.  Abraham m.  C.  D.  Busse,  Naza- 

Reinke.  reth.  Pa. 

"       Ritter,  Joanna  H d.  of  J.  P.  Ritter, 

b.  Oct.  19,  1788.  New  York. 

1802... Ronald,  Jane s.  d.  of  Wm.  Fenwick...m.  William  Royster. 

b.  March  21,  1790.  Manchester,  Va.  d. 

1804. ..Roberts,  Mary  Ann...d.  of  John  Roberts, 
b.  June  13,  1791.  Baltimore. 

"       Root,  Mary  S d.  of  William  Root m.  — Bull,  Philada. 

b.  1792.  Albany. 

1807...Reinke,  Augusta d.  of  Rev.  Abraham..., m.  Feb.  2,  1819,  John 

b.  Dec.  14,  1795.  Reinke.  Beck,  Litiz,  Pa. 

"       Ruan,  Mary  H d.  of  James  Ruan m.  AVilliam  Beech. 

b.  1797.  St   Croix,  W.  I.  d. 

"      Ruan,  Charlotte  L....d.  of  W.  Ruan,  St d. 

b.  1798.  Croix,  W.  I. 

"      Ruan,  Ann d.  of  W.  Ruan,  St m.  Johu  R.  Sempill. 

b.  1799.  Croix,  W.  I. 

1809. ..Robeson,  Eliza d.  of  Morris  Robeson. ..m.  Samuel  R.  Hamil- 

Philadelphia.  ton,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

1810.. .Ross,  Anna  M.  V d.  of  Mrs.  Eliza  M. 

b.  May  25,  1798.  Ross,  Columbia. 

Fluvanna  Co.,  Va. 

"       Rothwell,  Eliza  B d.  of  Thos.  Rothwell, 

b.  March  8,  1799.  Smyrna,  Del. 


412  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    TUB 

1811  ..Rogers,  Hannah J.  of  William  Rogers... m.  Sept.  1, 1815,  Archi- 

b.  Dec.  2,  1796.  Philadelphia.  bald  T.  Dick,  Ches- 

ter, Pa. 

d.  Dec.  31,  1856. 
"       Ratlibone,EnimaM...d.  of  John  Rathbone, 

b.  March  23,  1797.  New  York. 

"       Rathbone,  Mary  R....d.  of  John  Rathbone, 

b.  Sept.  1800.  New  York. 

1812. ..Ringgold,  Mary  B....d.  of  Samuel  Ring- m.  .Lames  E.  Barrell. 

b.  Aug.  31,  1802.  gold,  Kent  Co.,  Md.       Chestertown. 

d. 

"       Reeve,  Sarah  A d.  of  Richard  Reeve. ..d.  1835. 

b.  Dec.  17,  1805.  Zanesville,  Ohio. 

"       Rose,  Emily d.  of  W.  Rose,  Rich- 

b.  Oct.  1799.  mond,  Va. 

1815...Rudolphi,  Caroline. ..d.  of  John  F.  Rudol-...m.  —  Dinges. 
b.  May  31,  1804.  phi,  M.D.,  Bethle-         d. 

hem,  Pa. 
"       Robinson,Henrietta..w.  of  Robert  Oliver, 
b.  1804.  Baltimore. 

"       Robinson,  Eliza w.  of  Robert  Oliver, 

Baltimore. 

"      Robinson,  Susan w.  of  Robert  Oliver, 

Baltimore. 

1816. ..Robertson,  Jane Philadelphia. 

b.  Oct.  28,  1804. 

"       Ritter,  Lizetta d.  of  Jacob  Ritter m.  Feb.  5, 1824,  Samuel 

b.  Feb.  22,  1804.  Philadelphia.  H.  Wolle. 

"       Ricketts,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  Wm.  Ricketts, 

New  York. 

"      Rea,  Eliza d.  of  John  Rea m.  S.  W.  Negus. 

Philadelphia. 
1817  ..Rostain,  Anthelmina 

F d.  of  Fournier Rostain.. .m.  Leon  Fournier, 

Philadelphia.  Lyons,  France. 

"       Randall,  Mary d.  of  John  Randall, 

Baltimore. 

"       Reynolds,  Ann Savannah,  Ga m.  Henry  Belden, 

Hartford,  Conn. 
"       Roe,  Rosanna d.  of  Walter  Roe,  Bal- 
timore. 

1818...Reigart,  Lydia Falls  of  Schuylkill,  Pa. 

Reigart,  Susan Falls  of  Schuylkill,  Pa. 

"      Rogers,  Mary  Ann d.  of  J.  J.  Rogers m  Abr.  Levering.M.D., 

M.D.,  Northampton       Mom-oe  Co.,  Pa 
.      Co.,  Pa. 

"       Rockwell,  Adeline  J.. Rahway,  N.  J m.  Franklin  Robinson, 

b.  Sept.  1806.  Baskinridge,  N.  J. 

"      Rose,  Charlotte w.  of  Smith  Cutter m.  H.  G.  Goundie; 

b.  March  17,  1814.  M.D.,  New  York.  resides  in  Zurich, 

1819...Rondthaler,  Magda-  Switzerland. 

lena  Eliza d.  of  Rev.  E.  Rond- m.  July  15.  1827,  Rev. 

b.  Jan.  17,  1808.  thaler,  York,  Pa.  G.  F.  Troeger,  Free- 

"       Rondthaler,  C.  An-  land,  Illinois. 

gusta d.  of  Rev.  E   Rond-....m.  Sept.  16,  1830,  Ben- 

b.  Feb.  24,  1810.  thaler,  York,  Pa.  jamin  Clewell,  Naza- 

reth, Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  413 

1820...Rice,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Joseph  Rice m   Sept.  9,  1834   John 

b.  May  8,  1810.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Herman,  Philada. 

Riinn,  Adelaide 

Louisa d.  of  James  Ruan d. 

b    Feb   '^8    1808.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

"       Ross,  Mary  Elix'th-d.  of  Mrs.Ben.j.  Lamb...d.  Jan.  16.  1822,  in  the 
'  Bryan  Co..  Oa.  Seminary. 

1821...RunkIe,EHza d.  of  Adam  lUinkle, 

b    Feb.  28,  1810.  :Mansfield,  N.  J. 

"       Roberts,CaroHncK...d.  of  Mrs.  Roberts, 
b   July  20,  1807.  Charlestown.  Va. 

"       Roberts,  Adeline  V...d.  of  Mrs.  Roberts, 
b.  Sept.  10,  18t)'.t.  Charlestown,  Va. 

"       Reardon,  Mary  Ann..d.  of  Capt.  Reardon, 
b    Aug  20    1810.  Baltimore. 

1822...Rice,  Elizabeth d.  of  Joseph  Rice m.  Nov.  21,  1830,  ^^. 

b.  Feb.  15,  1812.  Bethlehem.  B.  Luckenbach 

d.  March  30,  1852. 

"       Ritter,Mary d.  of  J.  Ritter,  Phila- 

b.  Sept.  80,  1808.             delphia.  ^   laoQ    t.i.„ 

-       Ritter,  Eliza d.  of  J.  Ritter m.  June  i    1838,  John 

b.  Jan.  4,  1811.  Philadelphia.  C.  Trautwine. 

1824. ..Randolph,  Sarah 

^,^„ d.  of  Jeremiah  Ran- 

b   1815.  dolph.  New  York. 

"       Rod^ers^  Susanna d.of  Capt.  Jas.Rodgers. 

b.  1812. 

"       Rodeers,  Sarah New  York. 

1825...Rcnshaw,  Anna  R.-d.  of  Com.  Jas.  Ren-...New  York, 
b.  Aug.  19,  1811.  Shaw,  U.S.N.,  Nor- 

folk,  Va. 

"       Renshaw,  Mary  S d.  of  Com   Jas.  Ren-...m.  Rev. Peter  SChaun- 

b   May  11,  1813.  shaw,  U.S.N.,  Nor-       cey,  New  York, 

folk,  Va. 

"       Ranch,  Juliana d.  of  John  F.  Ranch... .m.  Nov.  26,  1837,  Amos 

b   Juno  1,  1815.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Bealer. 

•'       Riggs,Ann d.  of  G.  W.  Riggs, 

b.  June  23,  1811.  Baltimore. 

1826. ..Rogers,  Mary  r>     •   ^r  ..v 

Frances         d.  of  John  Rogers m.  Benj.  Matthias, 

b    March,  1814.  Valley  Forge,  Pa.  Philadelphia. 

"       Ronalds,  Mary  L d.  of  Thos.  A.  Ronalds, 

b.  Feb.  23,  1817.  New  York.  ^    ^  u, 

1828..  Rankin,  Phebe  A d.  of  Wm.  Rankin m.  John  L.  Goblc. 

b.  June  30,  1814.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"       Roberts,  Marg't  B....d.  of  Thos.  B.  Roberts, 
Philadelphia. 

1829... Randolph,  Margaret 

^^  ^ d.  of  John  Randolph. 

•'       Ri^cetcfaroline  S d.  of  Jacob  Rice m.  Oct.  24,  1839    Rev. 

b.  Jan.  29,  1820.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Sylvester  WoUe. 

1880.. .Rankin,  Susan d.  of  Wm.  Rankin, 

Newark,  N.  J. 
•'       Ricksccker, 

Amanda d.  of  Sam'lRicksecker..d. 

Nazareth.  Pa. 


414 


CATALOGUE    OF    TUPILS    AT    THE 


1830. 
1831. 

1832. 

1833. 

it 

1834. 


.Rae,  Elizabeth  A.., 

b.  Sept.  '28,  1817. 
.Renshaw,  Eliz'th... 


1835. 


1836. 


1837. 


1838. 


Reppert,  Elizabeth. 

b.  Dec.  13,  1817. 
.Raush,  Ann  Maria- ■ 

b.  Feb.  7,  1813. 

Rice,  Ellen  E 

b.  Sept.  19,  1821. 

..Reiff,  Mary 

b.  1817. 
Reiff,  Sarah 

..Rondthaler,  A.  Cor- 
nelia  

b.  Dec.  11,  1824. 

Reichel,  Sophia 

b.  March  5,  1822. 

Reichel,  Angelica... 

b.  June  13,  1826. 
.Richmond,  Sarah.... 

b.  1820. 

Reynolds,  Emily.... 

b.  April  21,  1822. 

.Rheiner,  Susan  S.... 

b.  March  23,  1813. 
Ruan,  Elizabeth  A.. 

Ruan,  Catharine  — 

Ricksecker,  Emma.. 

b.  May  15,  1826. 

Rice,  Maria 

Cornelia 

b.  July  9,  1825. 
Ruan,  Esther 

b.  June  25,  1823. 
.Reed,  Helen  Maria. 

b.  May  31,  1826. 
Rowand,  S.  Emme- 

line 

b.  Nov.  17,  1822. 

.Reading,  Eliza  K... 

b.  July,  1824. 

Reeves,  Rebecca 

Ann 

b.  July  31,  1825. 


.d.  of  Robert.  Rae m.  J.  Jenkins  Ross. 

Philadelphia. 
,.d.  of  James  Renshaw.. .Philadelphia. 

Laurel  Hill,  near 

Philadelphia. 
..d.  of  George  Reppert, 

Baltimore, 
.d.  of  George  Raush m.  George  Jennings. 

Orwigsburg,  Pa. 
.d.  of  Jacob  Rice m.  June  21,  1849,  Rev. 

Bethlehem,  Pa.  A.  A.  Reinke,  Staten 

Island,  N.  Y. 
.d.  of  Joseph  Reiff m.  Joseph  Wilson. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 
.d.  of  Joseph  Reiff m.  Thomas  Davis. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

.d.  of  Rev.  E.  Rond- m.  July  10, 1850,  Chas. 

thaler,  Nazareth,  Engleman,  Phila. 

Pa.  d.  July  14,  1857. 

.d.  of  Rev.  Benj.  Rei-...m.  May  18.  1847,  Co- 
chel,  Salem,  N.  C.         menius  Senseman, 
Nazareth,  Pa. 

.d.  of  Rev.  Benj.  Rei- 
chel, Salem,  N.  C. 

.d.  of  Frederick  Rich- 
mond, M.D.,  New 
Brunswick. 

.d.  of  B.  Reynolds m.  Feb.  15,  1848,  R. 

Plymouth,  Pa.  H.  Tubbs,  M.D., 

Kingston,  Pa. 

.d.  of  John  Rheiner, 
Philadelphia. 

.d.  of  Wm.  H.  Ruan m.  E.  A.  Nottage, 

St.  Croix,  W.  I.  Liverpool,  England. 

.d.  of  Wm.  H.  Ruan m.  —  Hansen. 

St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

.d.  of  Rev.  P.  Rick- m.  May  27,  1852,  Rev. 

seeker.  West  Indies.      D.  Z.  Smith,  Kansas 
Mission. 

.d.  of  Jacob  Rice, 

Bethlehem,  Pa. 
.d.  of  John  Ruan d. 

M.D.,  Philadelphia, 
.d.  of  James  Reed, 

Philadelphia. 

.s.  of  J.  R.  Rowand m.  July  6,  1843,  John 

M.D.,  Philadelphia.      S.  Lawrence,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 
.d.  of  R.  K.  Reading.  ,.m.  Sept.  1854,  Ed- 
Flemington,  N.  J.  ward  Remington, 

Williamsport. 

.d.  of  David  Reeves m.  Thomas  Hart. 

Philadelphia. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  415 

1838. ..Ruan,  MaryB d.  of  Wm.  H.  Ruan m.  Jan.  15.  1852.  Otto 

M.D.,  St.  Croix,  W.  I.     J.  Bergeest,  Ham- 
burg, Germany. 

1839. ..Ruan,  Sarah  D d.  of  Wm.  H.  Ruan, 

M.D.,St.Croix,W.  I. 

"       Roberts,  Eliza  R d.  of  Edward  Roberts. ..m.  Lewis  S.  Ware. 

b.  Jan.  13,  1826.  Philadelphia. 

"      Roberts,  Anna  F d.  of  Edward  Roberts... m.  Edward  Browning. 

b.  Nov.  9,  1827.  Philadelphia. 

1840...Remsen,  Maria New  York. 

b.  Sept.  Hi,  1825. 

"       Rice,  Maria d.  of  Owen  Rice d.  1849. 

b.  May  4,  1829.  Betldehem,  Pa. 

1841. ..Reading,  Mary  H d.  of  R.  K.  Reading.. ..m.  June  29,  1848, 

b.  Nov.  14,  1825.  Greenwood,  N.  J.  John  P.  Grandin, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
1842... Ryan,  Maria. 

"       Ruan,  Christina  J.  ...d.  of  Wm.  H.  Ruan m.  Oct.  30,  1855,  Rev. 

M.D.,  St.  Croix,  W.  I.     J.  C.  Du  Bois. 

•'       Ross,  Eliza  J d.  of  John  G.  Ross, 

b.  Oct.  29,  1825.  Parkhill  P.  0., 

Arkansas. 

"       Ritter,  Mary  M Bloorasburg,  Pa m.  J.  W:  Hartman. 

b.  Feb.  1828. 
1843. ..Richardson, 

Eleanor Wayne  Co.,  Pa. 

b.  Aug.  9,  1829. 
1844...Rokcnbaugh,  Catha- 
rine E d.  of  Jacob  Roken- 

b.  Aug.  28,  1830.  baugh,  Darien,  Ga. 

■'       Ruth,  Susan w.  of  Levi  Miller, 

b.  1828.  Pine  Grove,  Pa. 

•'       Riegel,  Eliz'th  J d.  of  David  Riegel m.  —  Beilel,  Easton, 

b.  April  18,  1829.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa.  Pa. 

1845. ..Ruth,  Emma d.  of  Elijah  Ruth d. 

b.  July,  1834.  Reading,  Pa. 
*'       Robinson,  Eliza- 
beth H Philadelphia. 

b.  Sept.  14,  1828. 

"       Reynour,  Mary  El w.  of  Jas.  L.  Stratton...d.  1857. 

b.  1826.  New  York. 

"       Reiff,  Deborah  A w.  of  A.  Bush,  M.D., 

b.  March  9,  1829.  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Royal,  Mary d.  of  Edward  Royal  ....m.  — Bender. 

b.  June  26,  1830.  Gcrmantown,  Pa.  d. 

'*       Rex,  Anna  M d.  of  George  Rex m.  Jan.  10,  1857,  H.  G. 

b.  Nov.  16,  1829.  Willow  Grove,  Pa.         Sterling,  Philada. 

1846. ..Ross,  Catharine  L.  ...d.  of  William  S.  Ross, 
b.  March  29,  1833.  New  York. 

"       Rex,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  Rex resides  in  Norristown. 

Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

•'       Reeder,  Emma  L w.  of  J.  S.  Scudder, 

b.  June  18,  1834.  Trenton,  N.  J. 

1847. ..Rex,  Emily d.  of  George  Rex m.  March  1.  1853, 

b.  June  29,  1832.  Willow  Grove,  Pa.         Albert  Buckman, 

Abington. 


41t)  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1847... Robertson,  Ann 

Eliza d.  of  Gen.  J.  C.  N d.  1849. 

b.  Jan.  20,  1832.  Robertson,  Hernan- 

do, De  Soto  Co. ,  Miss. 
"       Ramsay,  Catharine. ..d.  of  Maj.  Wm.  Ram-...m.  D.  J.  Newbern, 

b.  May  5,  1834.  say,  Bolivar,  Tenn.       M.D.,  Middlebury, 

Hardiman  Co.,  A'^a. 

1848...Rainey,  Eliza  B d.  of  Philip  Rainey....m.  March  10,  1857, 

b.  Aug.  17,  1831.  Boydston,  Mecklen-      John  A.  Brahm, 

burg  Co.,  Va.  Petersburg,  111. 

"       Race,  Frances  F Little  York,  Hunting- 

b.  April  14,  1831.  don  Co.,  N.  J. 

"       Ricksecker,Edwina..d.  of  Rev.  P.  Rick- 

b.  Sept.  4,  1837.  seeker.  West  Indies. 

"       Rex,  Susan  C d.  of  George  Rex m.  June  2,  1853,  Alger- 

b.  Oct.  1,  1832.  Willow  Grove,  Pa.         non  Shoemaker, 

Moreland,  Mont- 
gomery Co. 

1849. ..Rice,  Caroline d.  of  Edward  Rice m.  Francis  A.  Hess. 

b.  Aug.  26,  1835.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"      Rice,  Louisa d.  of  Edward  Rice, 

b.  July  23,  1840.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Rittenhouse,  Emma 

M d.  of  Josiah  Ritten-....d.  Jan.  30,  1853,  as 

b.  April  9,  1885.  house,  Wissahickon,       tutoress  in  the  Semi- 

Pa.  nary. 

"       Rex,  Mary  C. d.  of  George  Rex, 

b.  July  10,  1834.  AVillow  Grove,  Pa. 

"       Redienaur,  Eliz'th...w.  of  John  AVeber, 

b.  April  4,  1834.  Upper  Saucon,  Le- 

high Co.,  Pa. 

1850...Reichel,  Caroline d.  of  Rev.  L.  T.  Rei-...d.  Feb.  11.  1850,  in 

b.  March  4,  1 839.  chel,  Nazareth.  the  Seminary. 

"       Roudthaler,  Maria 

W d.  of  Rev.  Emanuel 

b.  Oct.  28,  1840.  Rondthaler,  Jr. 
"       Riegel,  3Iary  Eliza- 
beth  d.  of  John  L.  Riegel, 

b.  July  7,  1840.  Riegelsville,  Pa. 

"       Richards,  Elvira d.  of  D.  Richards, 

b.  July  10,  1843.  Brooklyn. 

1851. ..Ritchie,  Martha  H....d.  of  A.  A.  Ritchie, 
b.  May  4,  1836.  Newcastle,  Del. 

"       Reichert,  Emma  W...d.  of  John  Reichert, 

b.  Feb.  2,  1840.  Brookville,  Jefferson 

Co.,  Pa. 

"       Ransom,  Eliza  W n.  of  J.  H.  Ransom, 

b.  Oct.  1839.  New  York. 

•'       Runyon,  Cath.  M d.  of  D.  T.  Runyon....m.  J.  R.  Dikeman. 

b.  May,  1836.  Raritan,  N.  J.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Randolph,  3Iary  F....New  A'ork m.  John  T.  Ames. 

b.  Jan.  1835. 

"       Rinehart,  Clara d.  of  Wm.  Rinehart....m.  Joseph  Beck. 

b.  Aug.  1833.  M.D.,  Fort  Madison, 

Iowa. 

"       Rinehart,  Valeria d.  of  AVm.  Rinehart.. ..m.  Timothy  Lyman. 

b.  April,  1835.  M.D.,  Fort  Madison, 

Iowa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  417 

18.j2...Rhees,  Alice  B Mount  Holly,  N.  J m.  —  Parsons.  Illinois. 

b.  1830. 

"       Russell,  Rath  N d.  of  Capt.  W.  H.  Rus- 

b.  Jan.  15,  1839.  sell,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

185?.. .Rich,  Emily d.  of  John  Rich,  Mount 

b.  Feb.  8,  1837.  Vernon,  AVest  Ches- 

ter Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Rowand,  Marion d.  of  Chas.  L.  Rowand, 

b.  April  28,  1842.  Philadelphia. 

"'       Robinson,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  John  Robinson. ..m.  Feb.  10, 1857,  Archi- 

b.  Oct.  24,  1838.  New  York.  bald  Henderson. 

"       Robinson,  Sarah  J.... d.  of  John  Robinson, 
b.  June  16,  1840.  New  York. 

"       Rainey,  Nannie d.  of  Mrs.  A.  L.  Rainey, 

b.  May  1,  1840.  Woodhull  P.  0., 

Mecklenburg  Co., 
Va. 

1854. ..Rogers,  Nanny  B d.  of  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 

b.  Sept.  16,  1837.  Rogers,  Newcastle, 

Del. 
Robert,  Juliette  H,...d.  of  Julius  H.  Robert, 
b.  Oct.  15,  1838.  New  York. 

Rose,CatharineD....d.  of  John  C.  Rose m  Sept.  17,  1856,  E.W. 

b.  April  25,  1838.  Leroy,  Bradford  Col  well,  Canton,  Pa. 

Co.,  Pa. 
Roberts,  Isabella  G...n.  of  B.  G.  Roberts, 
b.  Oct.  26,  1833.  Quakertown,  Pa. 

Rodman,  Eliz'th  N...d.  of  J.  Rodman, 
b.  May  8,  1841.  Newark,  N.  J. 

Rogers,  Mary d.  of  C.  H.  Rogers, 

b.  March  15,  1849.  Philadelphia. 

Radde,  Emilia d.  of  William  Raddc, 

b   Nov.  29,  1840.  New  York. 

Radde,  Francisca d.  of  William  Radde, 

b.  April  8,  1842.  New  York. 

Riegel,  Mary  Cath....d.  of  Isaac  T.  Riegel, 
b.  July  31,  1843.  Musconetcong,  War- 

ren Co.,  N.  J. 

"       Ridgway,  Anna d.  of  Joseph  Ridgway, 

b.  June  26,  1840.  New  York. 

"       Ridgway,  Mary d.  of  Jos.  Ridgway d.  March  2,  1857.  in 

b.  Aug.  9,  1848.  New  York.  the  Seminary. 
1855... Robertson,  Henri- 
etta  d.  of  Alex.  Robertson, 

b.  March  18,  1843.  Morristown,  N.J. 

•'       Rondthaler,Mary  C...d.  of  Rev.  Edward 
b.  July  27,  1846.  Rondthaler. 

Rondthaler,  Eliz'th 

W d.  of  Rev.  Emanuel 

b.  Sept.  14,  1844.  Rondthaler,  Jr. 

"       Rondthaler,  Jane  W..d.  of  Rev.  Emanuel 
b.  July  11,  1846.  Rondtlialer,  Jr. 

"       Ranch,  Juliet d.  of  Ambrose  Ranch, 

b.  March  24,  1815.  Bcthleliem. 

"       Rex,  Sallie d.  of  George  Rex, 

b.  March  8,  1840.  Willow  Grove,  Pa. 

27 


418  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1855. ..Runyan,  Helen  M d.  of  Oakley  Runyan, 

b.  Nov.  8,  1839.  Mount  Pleasant, 

Hunterdon  Co.,  N.J. 

]85G...Rutter,  Isabella 

V,  A d.  of  Mrs.  John  Rutter, 

b.  Jan.  13,  1839.  Yorkville,  N.  Y. 

Rutter,  Frances  S d.  of  Mrs.  John  Rutter, 

b.  Jan.  18,  1841.  Yorkville,  N.  Y. 

Richardson,  Emma...d.  of  Mrs.  J.  Richard- 

b.  Sept.  22,  1842.  son,  Philadelphia. 

Rice,  Rebecca d.  of  James  A.  Rice, 

b.  May  15.  1847.  Bethlehem. 

Reeves,  Agnes  M d.  of  Samuel  Reeves, 

b.  Dec.  21,  1839.  Haddonfield,  N.  J. 

-       Roepper,  Jane  E d.  of  Wm.  Th.  Roepper, 

b.  May  3,  1844.  Bethlehem. 

Roepper,CarolineL..d.  of  Wm.  Th.  Roepper, 

b.  Dec.  13,  1845.  Bethlehem. 

Rae,  Maria  G d.  of  John  B.  Rae, 

b.  May  17,  1844.  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Rowland,  Virginia.... d.  of  Benj.  Rowland, 

b.  Dec.  26,  1845.  Philadelphia. 

1857. ..Robertson,  Mary  C.d.  of  R.  A.  Robertson, 

New  York. 
Rowland,  Frances.. ..d.  of  Harvey  Rowland, 

b.  June,  1845.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Rowland,  Mary  E d.  of  Thomas  Rowland, 

b.  Aug.  10,  1842.  Philadelphia. 

Rockafellar,  Anne 

Q d.  of  Asa  J.  Rockafel-  , 

b.'jan.  2,  1844.  lar,  Philadelphia. 

Rice,  Mary  Ann n.  of  William  Rice, 

b.  Dec.  1841.  Bethlehem. 

1787. ..Stone,  Martha  B d.  of  Capt.  Wm.  Stonc.m.  —  Owings. 

b.  Jan.  31,  1778.  Baltimore. 

1789...Schneller,  Rachel St.  Kitts,  W.  I d.  April  10,  1848,  at 

b.  Dec.  13,  1784.  Bethlehem. 

•'       Schmalz,  Anna d.  of  F.  C.  Schmalz m.  Wm.  Van  Wagenen, 

b.  June  1,  1782.  St.  Thomas,  AV.  I.  New  York. 

1790. ..Sergeant,  Sarah d.  of  Jonathan  D m.  Oct.  24,  1801,  Rev. 

b.  Jan.  1,  1778.  Sergeant,  Phila-  Samuel  Miller, 

delphia.  Princeton,  N.  J. 

•'       Stansbury,  Lydia  P...d.  of  Jos.  Stansbury...m.  R.  Mott,  New  York, 
b.  Feb.  23,  1775.  Philadelphia. 

Stuart,  Jane New  York. 

1791...Southerland,Rachel..d.  of  D.  Southerland, 

Baltimore. 

'•       Smith,  Mary d.  of  Richard  S.  SmitL...m.  Oct.  2-5,  1798,  Rich- 

b.  Jan.  15,  1778.  Moorestown,  N.  J.         ard  Hill  Morris, 


Smith,  Harriet d.  of  Paschal  N.  Smith, 

New  York. 

Smith,  Maria  Ant d.  of  Paschal  N.  Smith, 

New  York. 


Philadelphia, 
d.  Jan.  2,  1848. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE    SEMINARY.  419 

1792...Steinman,  Anna  M....d.  of  John  F.  Stein-. ...m.  Nov.  19,  1801,  Goo. 
b   Nov   11,  1780.  man,  Lancaster,  Bryan. 

Pa.  d.  Aug.  2,  1844. 

"       Smith,  Sidney d.  of  .Tames  Smith m.  .John  B.  Alexander, 

Carlisle,  Pa.  Greensburg. 

d.  1840. 

"       Sproat,  Sarah d.  of  Col.  Ebenezer m.  Solomon  Sibley, 

Sproat,  Marietta,  Detroit. 

Ohio. 

"       Shattnck,  Sarah Boston  m.  —  Brush. 

"       Smith,  Caroline d.  of  Paschal  N.  Smith, 

New  York. 

' '       Sheimer,  Susan d.  of  —  Sheimer m.  1  st,  —  Bingham  ; 

Saucon,  Pa.  2d,  —  Steuben,  M.D. 

1798...Steinman,  Rebecca 

R d.  of  J.  F.  Steinman m.  .Jan.  5,  1804,  Daniel 

b.  Oct.  10,  1782.  Lancaster,  Pa.  Dinkle. 

d.  1849. 

••       Smith,  Augusta d.  of  Paschal  N.  Smith, 

b.  Oct.  1784.  New  York. 

"      Sitgreaves,  Frances 

H d.  of  Samuel  Sit- m.  April  18,  1807, 

b.  Sept.  9,  1786.  greaves,  Easton,  Pa.      Wm.  M'Call. 

d.  1851,  in  Missis- 
sippi. 
1795...Schmalz,  Catharine..d.  of  F.  C.  Schmalz....d.  185-5,  at  Fishkill, 

St.  Thomas,  W.  I.  N.  Y. 

"       Sullivan,  Mary d.  of  John  Sullivan, 

b.  July  14,  1784.  New  York. 

"       Schneckenberger, 

AnnaM Antigua,  W.  I m.  Nov.  2,  1809,  C.  D. 

b.  April  18,  1790.  Bishop,  Bethlehem, 

Pa. 
d.  Jan.  17,  1849. 

"       Sanders,  Sarah d.  of  John  Sanders m.  Peter  Van  Rens- 

b.  Aug.  28,  1783.  Schenectady,  N.  Y.        selaer,  Albany,  N.  Y. 

"       Sanders,  Catharine... d.  of  John  Sanders m.  1811,  Gerard  Beek- 

b.  April,  1784.  Schenectady,  N.  Y.        man.  New  York. 

d.  1836,  in  New  York. 

"       Sutherland,  Cath d.  of  David  Sutherland, 

b.  June  7,  1784.  Baltimore. 

1796... Schropp', Johanna  E...d.  of  MafhcwSchropp...d.  May  7,  1810. 
b.  Aug.  17,  1785.  Bethlehem. 

"       Sands,  Sarah  M d.  of  Comfort  Sands, 

b.  Dec.  28,  1788.  New  York. 

1797... Steuben,  Eleanora...d.  of  P.  M.  von  Stcu- 
b.  Oct.  11,  1791.  ben,  M.D.,  Tortola, 

W.  L 

"       Storm,  Esther d.  of  Thomas  Storm, 

b.  Sept.  14,  1780.  New  York. 

"       Steinman,  Juliana. ...d.  of  John  F.  Stein-. ..m.  March  7,  1809,  Jos. 
b.  April  10,  1785.  man,  Lancaster,  Pa.       \V.  Cottrell. 

d.  July  11,  1817. 

"       Schilp,  Catharine d.  of  P.  Schilp,  North- 

b.  March  11,  1786.  ampton  Co.,  Pa. 

1798...Storrs,  Eliza d.  of  Lemuel  Storrs....m.  Dec.  1.  1824,  Gov. 

b.  July  20,  1784.  Middletown,  Conn.        Joseph  Trumbull, 

Hartford,  Conn. 


420  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1798... Strong,  Charlotte d.  of  Selah  Strong, 

b.  May  20,  1785.  New  York. 

Shelden,  Aiinabella...cl.  of  Wm.  Shelden d.  in  England. 

b.  Dec.  1786.  New  York. 

1799. ..Steele,  Ann  N d.  of  John  Steele, 

b.  Jan.  27,  1785.  North  Carolina. 

Sumpter,  Eliza g.  d.  of  Gen.  Thomas 

b.  Dec.  22,  1787.  Sumpter,  High  Hills 

of  Santee,  S.  C. 

"       Shedden,  JaneR d.  of  W.  Shedden, 

New  Yoi'k. 

1800...Stroiig»  Mary d.  of  Adam  Strong m.  Rev.  Jonathan  Lee, 

b.  Oct.  19,  1787.  Litchfield,  Conn.  Salisbury,  Conn. 

"       Stiles,  Sarah d.  of  Mrs.  Stiles m.  Newman  HoUey. 

b.  May  17,  1787.  Salisbury,  Conn.  d. 

1801. ..Skelton,  Eliza d.  of  Josiah  Shelton, 

b.  Jan.  11,  1788.  Princeton,  N.  J. 

"       Stith,  Maria d.  of  Basset  Stith m.  Judge  Daniel,  North 

b.  April  12,  1792.  Halifax,  N.  C.  Carolina. 

"       Shippen,  Mary d.  of  Robert  Shippen...m.  James  Maxwell,  of 

b.  Feb.  7,  1792.  Chester  Co.,  Pa.  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

d.  April  1,  1856. 

"       Senter,  Eliz'th  A d.  of  Mrs  Elizabeth....m. March  19, 1811, Rev. 

b.  Jan.  20,  1791.  Senter,  Newport,  Nathan  B.  Crocker, 

R.  I.  Providence,  R.  L 

"       Senter,  Sarah  A d.  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth.... m.  Clement  S.  Hunt, 

b.  Sept.  20,  1793.  Senter,  Newport,  U.S.N. ,  Newport, 

R.  I.  R.  L 

'     "       Sibbald,  Rebecca d.  of  George  Sibbald, 

b.  Jan.  29,  1790.  Augusta,  Ga. 

"       Sibbald,  Matilda d.  of  George  Sibbald, 

b.  May  31,  1792.  Augusta,  Ga. 

"       Smith,  Eliza  H d.  of  Benajah  Smith. ..m.  Elred  Simpkins, 

b.  June  17,  1791.  Wilkes  Co.,  Ga.  South  Carolina. 

d. 
"       Smith,  Susan  Clarke. .d.  of  Benajah  Smith. ..m. — M'Whorter,  M.D. 
b.  Feb.  2,  1793.  Wilkes  Co.,  Ga.  d. 

"       Simpkins,  Rose d.  of  C.  Simpkins, 

b.  Feb.  11,  1789.  Maryland. 

1803...Steip,  Anna  J d.  of  Samuel  Steip, 

b.  Aug.  23,  1791.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Simmons,  Catharine 

Shiite d.  of  Mrs.  James  Sim- 

b.  Oct.  20,  1789.  mons. 

1804. ..Smith,  Rebecca d.  of  Lawrence  Smith, 

b.  Sept.  1789.  Northampton  Co., 

N.  C. 

"       Sullivan,  Eliza New  York. 

b.  June,  1792. 
"       Smith,  Ann. 

1805. ..Shepherd,  Harriet w.  of  Miss  Dnane, 

b.  1795.  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

1806...Storrs,  Louisa d.  of  Gervas  Storrs m.  April  14,  1814,  Lit- 

b.  Oct.  15,  1792.  Richmond,  Va.  tleberry  H.  Mosby, 

M.D. 

1807. ..Stevens,  Maria w.  of  —  Dutilh, 

b   1794.  Philadelphia. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  421 

1807. ..Stone,  Rebecca d.  of  .Judge  D.  Stone, 

b.  Sept.  1795.  near  Windsoi*.  N.  C. 

"       Stone,  Ilaniinh d.  of  Judge  D.  Stone, 

b.  Feb.  1797.  near  Windsor,  N.  C. 

"       Schnebly,  Sally d.  of  Jacob  Schnebly, 

M.D.,  Hagerstown, 
Md. 

"       Schnebly,  Louisa d.  of  Jacob  Schnebly, 

M.D.,  Hagerstown, 
Md. 

1809...Souder,  Harriet d.  of  T.  M.  Souder, 

b.  March  31,  1800.  Philadelphia. 

"       Stackhouse,  Maria. ...d.  of  Mrs.  Margaret. ..m.  George  Gordon,  Sa- 
b.  April  2,  1798.  Stackhouse,  New  vannah,  Ga. 

York. 

"       Scott,  Christiana d.  of  Mrs.  C.  Scott, 

b.  Feb.  1,  179G.  Philadelphia. 

"       Schnall,  J.  Carolincd.  of  Rev.  John m.  July  10,  1823,  John 

b.  July  15,  1800.  Schnall,  U.  Canada.      Levering. 

d.  Aug.  1,  1824,  at 
Litiz,  Pa. 

"       Shaw,  Mary  M d.  of  Thomas  Shaw, 

b.  Aug.  19,  1797.  Frankford. 

"       Shaw,  Frances  N d.  of  Thomas  Shaw m.  —  Wood. 

b.  June  10,  1800.  Frankford. 

'•       Smith,  Margaretta.  ...d.  of  William  Smith, 
b.  1798.  Philadelphia. 

Sautter,  Amelia  W....d.  of  Rev.  W.  F.  Saut-..m.  Sept.  7,  1824,  Rev. 
b.  Oct.  18,  1803.  ter,  Antigua,  W.  I.        D.  Lichtenthaler, 

Litiz,  Pa. 

1810. ..Sicard,  Eliza d.  of  Stephen  Sicard, 

b.  Nov.  7,  1797.  Philadelphia. 

"       Snyder,  Maria d.  of  John  Snyder, 

b.  Aug.  27,  1795.  Philadelphia. 

",      Sutherland,  Eliza  T...\lbany,  N.  Y m.  — Warren, 

b.  April  8,  1795.  Troy,  N.  Y.      " 

"       Sutherland,  Harriet..  Albany,  N.  Y m.  W.  W.  Chester, 

b.  May  31,  1797.  New  York. 

Salathee,  Mary d.  of  Seb.  Salathee, 

b.  June  2,  1800.  Philadelphia. 

"       Sevier,  Maria  E d.  of  John  Sevier m.  —  Throckmorton. 

b.  April.  1799.  Burlington  Co.,  N.  J. 

"       Sutton,  Harriet d.  of  George  Sutton.  ...m.  Samuel  Edgar. 

b.  Feb.  19,  1799.  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

"       Skelding,  Sarah  L....d.  of  Capt.  T.  Skelding, 
b.  July  30,  1798.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

1811. ..Sparks,  Matilda d.  of  Henry  Sparks m.  Charles  Egner. 

b.  June  5,  1798.  Philadelphia. 

"       Sparks,  Mary  A.  R....d.  of  Henry  Sparks, 
b.  Feb.  13,  1800.  Philadelphia. 

"       Shultz,  Caroline d.  of  Rev.  Theodoi-e.  ...m.  Abraham  Steiner, 

b.  April  1,  1802.  Shultz,  Emmaus,  Pa.     Salem,  N.  C. 

"       Shultz,  Lizetta d.  of  Rev.  Theodore. ...Salem,  N.  C. 

b.  Aug.  21,  1800.  Shultz,  Emmaus,  Pa. 

"       Stafford,  Margaret.. ..d.  of  John  Stafford m.  Gen.  W.  J.  Worth, 

b.  Jan.  1(5,  1799.  Albany,  N.  Y.  U.S.A. 

"       Sorden,  Catharine....Middletown. 


422  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1812...Siewer8,  Carolline....d.  of  Henry  F m.  June  1,  1828,  Rev. 

b.  May  8,  1807.  Siewers,  St.  Johns,        Jacob  Zorn,  Jamaica, 

W.  I.  W.  I. 

"       Smith,  Sarah d.  of  Robert  Smith m.  E.  Van  Syckle, 

b.  April  28,  1799.  Rockhill,  Bucks  Co.,     Philadelphia. 

Pa. 

1813... Seidell,  Harriet d.  of  Charles  Selden, 

b.  Jan.  23,  1800.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

"       Stewart,  Margaret.... Haarlem,  N.  Y. 
b.  June  29,  1800. 

"       Spencer,  Sarah d.  of  Robert  Spencer... Irwin's  Station,  Penn. 

b.  Dec.  8,  1798.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  R.  R.,  Westmore- 

land Co.,  Pa. 

"       Spencer,  Jean d.  of  Robert  Spencer. ..Irwin's  Station,  Penn. 

b.  March  6,  1801.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  R.  R.,  Westmore- 

land Co.,  Pa. 

"       Schnall,AnnLizetta..d.  of  Rev.  John m.  Oct.  26,  1826,  Rt. 

b.  April  26,  1806.  Schnall,  Fairfield,  Rev.  J.  C.  Jacobson, 

N.  C.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

1814. ..Sturges,  Ann  Eliz'th..d.  of  Josiah  Sturges, 
b.  March  2,  1800.  New  York. 

"       Sturges,  Elizabeth 

Sarah d.  of  Oliver  Sturges. ...m.  W.  P.  Hunter, 

b.  April  23,  1802.  Savannah,  Ga.  Savannah  Ga. 

"       Sturges,  Lucretia  B. 

Watson d.  of  Oliver  Sturges, 

b.  Feb.  20,  1808.  Savannah,  Ga. 

1815... Sautter,  Elizabeth. ...d.  of  Rev.  W.  F m.  Sept.  1841,  A.  Eich- 

b.  April  27,  1806.  Sautter,  Antigua,  ler,  Lancaster  Co., 

W.  I.  Pa. 

d.  Jan.  18,  1854,  in 
the  Seminary. 

"       Skinner,  Maria d.  of  AVm.  Skinner d.  1821. 

b.  March  31,  1800.  Marietta,  Ohio. 

"       Saltmarsh,  Eliza d.  of  John  Saltmarsh...m.  Wm.  H.  Overton, 

b.  May  13,  1803.  Tioga  Point,  Brad-        Athens, 

ford  Co.,  Pa. 

''       Sturges,  Mary  C d.  of  Lewis  B.  Sturges. ..d. 

b.  March,  1799.  Fairfield,  Conn. 

1816...Spence,  Jane  E New  York m.  Lyman  Belts. 

"       Stites,  Mary. 
"       Stites,  Ann. 

181 7... Sullivan,  Jane d.  of  John  Sullivan, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Sands,  Harriet d.  of  Joshua  Sands, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Schnierle,  Mary d.  of  F.  Schnierle, 

Charleston,  S.  C. 

"       Sturges,  Mary  F d.  of  Josiah  Sturges, 

New  York. 

"       Stettinius,  Rachel d.  of  D.  Stettinius m.  Alpheus  Hyatt. 

Washington  City.  d. 

"       Slidell,  Ann  H d.  of  John  Slidell, 

New  York. 

"       Stewart,  Ann d.  of  Charles  Stewart, 

Philadelphia. 
1818... Smith,  Christiana Charleston,  S.  C. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  428 

1818...Shuster,  Wilhelmina  ,   nr      -    lo^^ 

Q .' d.  of  George  Shuster...d.  May  (,  1844. 

b.*Aug.  16,  1808.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

♦♦       Stoever,  Eliza Falls  of  Schuylkill. 

"       Sackett,  Eliz'th  K.... Brooklyn. 

"       Sautter,  3Iary  M d-  of  Rev.  F.  W m.  Sept.  10,  183..,  Ja?. 

b   Oct    18    1811.  Sautter,  Antigua,  Henry,  Boulton  Gun 

'  yf  I_  Works,  Pa. 

'<       Smith,  Elizabeth d.  of  C.  L.  Smith, 

Maryland. 
"      Shepard,  Sarah  M d.  of  Seth  Shepard, 

M.D.,  Matthews  Co. 

C.  H.,  Va. 
"       Seidel,  Henrietta  S...d.  of  Rev.  C.  F.  Sei-  ...d.  Feb.  17,  1824. 
b.  Aug.  12,  1810.  del,  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"      Stansbury,  Harriet  ^  „    ^ 

B  d.  of  John  Stansbury.. .m.  Rev.  —  Barton, 

New  York.  Woodbridge,  N.  .1. 

"       Swan,  Sarah  J d.  of  William  Swan, 

b.  June,  1808.  New  York. 

"       Sothoron,  Mary  E d.  of  J.  F.  Sothoron, 

b.  Aug.  13,  1806.  Maryland. 

"       Slocum,  Maria d.  of  B.  Slocum m.  Silas  Robinson, 

b.  1804.  Providence,  Pa.  M.U. 

d.  Aug.  1855. 

"       Slocum,  Ruth d.  of  Joseph  Slocum.. ..m.  William  S.  Ross. 

b.  Dec.  1804.  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.  • 

«'       Steel,  Charlotte d.  of  William  Steel, 

b.  March,  1806.  Springfield,  N.  J.  ^     .  , ,    x- 

1819...Seward,  C.  Louisa.. -Orange  Co.,  N.  Y m.  —  Canfield,  New 

Jersey, 
d. 

"       Street,  Frances d.  of  Titus  Street m.Gov.Wm.  W.  Hoppin. 

New  Haven,  Conn.        Providence,  R.  1. 
*'       Strong,  Eliza. 
"       Strong,  Lydia. 
"       Smith,  Mary  H. 
1820...Stapleton,  Cordelia 

31. d.  of  Jos.  K.  Staple-. ..d. 

b.June,  1806.  ton.  Baltimore. 

"       Sterling,  Mary  Ann...d.  of  Jesse  Sterling m.  Chas.  De  Forest. 

b.  Aug.  1806.  Bridgeport,  Conn.  d. 

1821. ..Scott,  Eliza  Ann d.  of  William  Scott m.  Sept.  2,  1857. 

b.  1811.  Rockaway,  N.J.  Aaron  Crane,  »est 

Bloomfield,  Essex 
Co.,  N.  J. 

«'       Salade,  Catharine Columbia,  N.  J. 

b.  Dec.  28,  1811. 

"       Shuster,  Caroline d.  of  George  Shnster...m.  Nov.  24,  1842   P. 

b   Feb   9    1812.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Lachenour,  Salem. 

N.  C. 

"       Sanford,  Sarah  E d.  of  Thos.  Sanford m.  Sept.  22,  1829,  Jas 

b   Auc  11,  1809.  Alexandria,  Va.  M'Kenzie. 

^  d.  July  22,  1843. 

"       Shick,  Margaret Savannah,  Ga..... m.  R.  M.Charlton. 

b.  Aug.  24.  18t>8. 
"       Savage,  Margaret  D...Trenton,  N.  J. 
b.  Dec.  24,  1808. 


424  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

J822...ScofieId,  Matty d.  of  James  Scofield, 

b.  March  2,  1810.  Ridley  Mills,  Dela- 

ware Co.,  Pa. 

"       Sherman,  3Iary  E Charleston,  S.  C. 

b.  Feb.  1808. 

"       Sherman,  Anne Charleston,  S.  C. 

b.  May,  1813. 

''       Seidel,  Angelica d.  of  Rev.  C.  F.  Seidel, 

b.  Sept.  2,  1817.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

••       Smith,  Eliz'th  B d.  of  Joseph  Smith m.  Oct.  21,  1828, 

b.  Oct.  8,  1810.  Staunton,  Va.  Robert  S.  Brooke. 

d.  May  28,  1834. 
"       Strong,  Hannah 

liOuisa St.  Stephens,  Wash- 

b.  July  7,  1810.  ington  Co.,  Ala. 

"       Smoot,  Adeline d.  of  Col.  Benj.  Smoot, 

St.  Stephens,  Ala. 
"       Shepherdson, 

Barbara w.  of  John  Thurlow, 

b.  1808.  Chester,  Yorkshire, 

England. 
1823. ..Stuhblefield, Hannah 

F Orange  Co.,  Va m.  Charles  Clark,  Bal- 

b.  May  26,  1810.  timore. 

"       Smith,  Mary Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Sanford,  Esther 

F.  W d.  of  Thos.  Sanford m.  1840,  J.  Dempsey. 

Alexandria,  Va. 
"       Schnaiiber,  Eliz'th  ...Baltimore, 
b.  June  1810. 

1824...Schnierle,  Eliza d.  of  John  M.  Schnierle, 

b.  Feb.  29,  1813.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

•'       Stout,  Emilia  M d.  of  Mrs.  E.  Stout m.  May  2-5,  1842, 

b.  March  1-5,  1811.  Princeton,  N.  J.  James  H.  Gulick. 

1825...Seely,  Mary d.  of  Thomas  Seely, 

b.  April  It),  1812.  Goshen. 

•'       Snowden,  Amanda 

M d.  of.JohnS.  Snowden...ra.  Edwin  A.  E.  Welsh, 

b   .Jan.  1816.  Philadelphia.  St.  Louis. 

Shields,  Mary  A d.  of  Robert  Shields, 

b.  1814.  Philadelphia. 

"       Stryker,  Marg't  C d.  of  Stephen  P.  Stry- 

b.  Aug.  2,  1813.  ker,  Somerville,  N.  J. 

"       Slesman,  Elizabeth...d.  of  Geo.  Slesman m.  — Scott. 

Philadelphia. 
"       Sherman,  Ann. 

Stuart,  Mary  E d.  of  Robt.  Stuart,  Mi- 

b.  June  22,  1814.  chilimackinaw,Mich. 

"       Sherman,  Hester  d.  of  Alpheus Sherman, 

b.  Sept.  1808.  New  York. 

"       Sherman,  Louisa d.  of  Alpheus  Sherman, 

b.  Aug.  1810.  New  York. 

1826...Shadell,  Eliza  L New  York. 

b.  July  29,  1813. 

■'       Stover,  Salome New  Jersey. 

Sheets,  Mary  A d.  of  Rev.  George 

b.  Dec.  31,  1814.  Sheets,  Holmesburg, 

Philadelphia  Co.,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY. 


425 


1826... Smith,  Mary  Ann d.  of  .John  G.  Smith.. ..m.  —  Lemon. 

1).  Oct..  2:J,  1817.  Philadelphia.  „     „     , 

"       Singer,  Henrietta d.  of  .John  Singer m.  Rev.  Thos.  Bradford. 

b.  .July  30,  1813.  Philadelphia.  d. 

1827...Stuart,  Sarah  11 d.  of  Col.  W.  11.  Stuart, 

Baltimore. 

•'       Smith,  Maria  C d.  of  H.  B.  Smith ™- Chf  1««  \:  ^"^'^' 

b.  Aug.  16,  1812.  M.D.,  Nazareth,  Pa.      Philadelphia. 

"       Sanlbrd,  Emily w.  of  —  Eastman m. 

b.  Aug.  6,  1813.  M.D.,  Seneca  Co., 

N.  Y. 
"       Selfridge,  Mary  Ann..d.  of  Robert  Selfridge, 
Seneca  Co.,  N.  Y. 

1828. ..Smith,  Harriet Philadelphia. 

"       Stewart,  Sophia d.  of  Samuel  Stewart, 

b   May  10,  1813.  Gorham,  Ontario 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Swun,  Catharine d.  of  William  Swan, 

New  York. 

"       Sharp,  Margaret Chatham,  N.  .T.  ,„ioo- 

'•       Stoll,  Ann  Eliza d.  of  .lames  Stoll m.  July  12,  18o/, 

b   Nov   3   1812.  Montague,  Sussex         Alpheus  Gustin, 

Co.,  N.  J.  Augusta,  N.  J. 

''       Shippen,  Jane  Gray...d.  of  William  Shippen...m.  Edward  Wharton, 
b.  Feb.  26,  1818.  M.D.,  Bristol,  Pa.         Washington  City. 

1829. ..Scott,  M.  Sophia. Philadelphia m.  Jona  Leedom,  .Tr. 

«  d. 

"       Snowden,  Mary  L d.  of  F.L.  Snowden m.  Charles  Snowden, 

b.  1815.  Louisville,  Ky.  M.D. 

"       Smith,  Ann  J w.  of  Mrs.  A.  E.  Tay-...m.  Richard  S.  Willis. 

lor.  New  York. 

1830...Strauch,  Maria d.  of  .John  Strauch m.  John  T.  Hazzard. 

Pottsville,  Pa. 

1831  ..Strauch,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  John  Strauch m.  —  Styles. 

Pottsville,  Pa.  d. 

18.32... Smith,  Ellen  Eliza.. .w.  of  Mrs.  A.  E.  Tay-...m.  Robert  Stewart 

b.  1826.  lor,  New  York.  Roslyn,  Queens  Co.. 


N.  Y. 


Schaefer,  Augusta 

Rosina d.  of  Rev.  F.  C. 

b.  Oct.  22,  1819.  Schaefer,  New  York. 

Schaefer,  Julia 

Anna d.  of  Rev.  F.  C. 

b.  April  22,  1822.  Schaefer,  New  York. 

Schaefer,  Maria 

L,.  c d.  of  Rev.  F.  C. 

b.  March  6,  1824.  Schaefer,  New  York. 

Schaefer,  Amelia 

Sophia d.  of  Rev.  F.  C. 

b.  April  28,  1826.  Schaefer,  New  York. 

Seaman,  3Iary 

Elizabeth d.  of  Z.  W.  Seaman, 

b.  April  6,  1819.  New  York. 

Sonutag,  Maria 

Louisa d.  of  Mrs.  J.  W.  Ay- 

b.  June  18,  1822.  mar.  Mobile,  Ala. 

Shouse,  Anna  .M d.  of  S.  Shouse, 

b.  June  18,  1816.  Easton,  Pa. 


426  CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS   AT   THE 

1833. ..Stout,  Emily d.  of  A.  Stout,  M.D....m.  Jan.  3,  1839, 

b.  Aug.  19,  1820.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Benjamin  Budd, 

Jamesburg,  N.  J. 
"       Steinhauer,  Emina...d.  of  Daniel  Stein- m.  Benj.  Holcomb, 

b.  May  18,  1821.  hauer,  Bethlehem,         M.D.,  Richmond, 

Pa.  Va. 

"      Salaignac,  Augusta 

E d.  of  Augustus  C m.  Sept.  18,  1843, 

b.  .July  12,  1810.  Salaignac,  Phila.  Thos.  J.  Davis. 

"       Seymour,  Matilda w.  of  M.  A.  Levy, 

b.  July  15,  1825.  New  York. 

1834. ..Schley,  Mary  Eliza. ..Baltimore. 

b.  Jan.  10,  1820. 
"       Struthers,Marg'tH...d.  of  John  Struthers...m.  Nathan  L.  Jones, 

b.  Aug.  23,  1819.  Philadelphia.  Roxborough. 

"       Struthers,  Agnes d.  of  John  Struthers, 

b.  Nov.  1,  1824.  Philadelphia. 

"       Smith  Mary  A d.  of  Isaac  Smith,  St. 

b.  Nov.  24,  1820.  Georges,  Bermuda. 

"       Smith,  Eliz'th  R d.  of  Isaac  Smith,  St. 

b.  May  1,  1825.  Georges,  Bermuda. 

*'       Salem,  Margaret w.  of  —  Ames,  M.D., 

Philadelphia. 
''       Simonson,  Sarah 

Ann Apalachicola,  Fa. 

b.  1816. 
"       Sturges,  Anna  F d.  of  Henry  A.  C m.  1850fL.  A.  Spencer. 

b.  Aug.  4,  1827.  Sturges,  New  York. 

"       Spencer,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  A.  Spencer, 

b.  Oct.  7,  1819.  New  York. 

"       SchoU,  Wilhelmina...d.  of  Henry  Scholl m.  — Frownfield,  M.D. 

Doylestown,  Pa. 
"       Schall,  Cath.  Ann d.  of  John  Schall m.  Wm.  M.  Bickel. 

b.  Jan.  7,  1821.  Orwigsburg,  Pa. 

1835..  Stewart,  Helen Penn  Yan,  Yates  Co., 

b.  1819.  N.  Y. 

"       Sparks,  Sarah  Ann...d.  of  W.  H.  Sparks, 

b.  Jan.  15,  1821.  New  York. 

"       Schnabel,  Cath Lewisburg,  Union  Co., 

Pa. 
"       Steininger,  Abigail.. .d.  of  Ph.  Steininger, 

b.  Dec.  1821.  South  Whitehall, 

Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 
"       Siegert,  Eleanora d.  of  J.  F.  E.  Siegert. 

b.  June  9,  1824.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Siegert,  Cornelia d.  of  J.  F.  E.  Siegert. ..m.  Feb.  6,  1845,  C.  F. 

b.  Sept.  8,  1825.  Easton,  Pa.  Van  Blankensteyn, 


"       Smith,  Mary  C d.  of  William  Smith, 

b.  Oct.  12,  1823.  New  York. 

1836...Schoonmaker, Eliza..Flatbush,  L.  I. 
b.  Oct.  1822. 

"       Stevenson,  Susan 

E. d.  of  Walter  Stevenson, 

b.  May  24,  1827.  New  York. 

"       Smith,  Martha w.  of  W.  Henderson, 

b.  Jan.  20,  1821.  Warrentou,  Warren 

Co.,  Miss. 


Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE    SEMINARY.  427 

1836... Stewart,  Sarah  A d.  of  Richard  B m.  Francis  H.  Hatch, 

b.  Nov.  27,  1822.  Stewart,  Bath,  Steu-     Darlington,  La. 

ben  Co.,  N.  Y. 
"       Service,  Caroline  E... Charleston,  S.  C. 
b.  July  11,  1820. 

"       Selfridge,  Jane  A d.  of  Gen.  Matthew m.  1st,  Michael  Sieger; 

.    b.  Sept.  4,  1822.  Selfridge,  Allen-  2d,  Everett  Cool- 

town,  Pa.  baugh. 

"       Scherr,  Amelia  B d.  of  E.  N.  Scherr m.  Herman  Thorbecke. 

b.  July  17,  1825.  Philadelphia. 

"       Scmpill,  Eliz'th  A d.  of  John  R.  Sempill...m.  —  Van  Vlierden. 

b.  May  29,  1826.  St.  Croix,  W.  L 

1837... Stanton,  Frances w.  of  Miss  Sarah d.  May  18,  1839,  in 

b.  July  1,  1826.  Bunce,  New  York.         the  Seminary. 

Sayre,  Esther  Ellen. ..d.  of  Jed.  H.  Sayre, 
b.  Aug.  30,  1824.  New  York. 

"       SAvann,  Hannah  C....d.  of  Charles  Swaun....resides  at  Burlington, 
b.  April,  1823.  Pennsylvania.  N.  J. 

"       Swann,  Eliz'th  A d.  of  Charles  Swann.... resides  at  Burlington, 

b.  Feb.  7,  1826.  Pennsylvania.  N.  J. 

"       Spearing,  Mary d.  of  Henry  Spearing, 

b.  May  6,  1824.  New  Orleans. 

"       Spearing,  Frances 

E d.  of  Henry  Spearing...m.  — Eler. 

b.  Feb.  7,  1826.  New  Orleans. 

1838...Saltmarsh,  Caroline 

B d.  of  D.  Saltmarsh, 

b.  Aug.  1826.  Macon,  Ga. 

"       Strong,  Clarinda d.  of  Austin  Strong, 

b.  Sept.  17,  1828.  Woodbourne,  Sulli- 

van Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Sweitzer,  Ann d.  of  H.  Sweitzer, 

b.  April  26,  1823.  Brownsville,  Pa. 

1839. ..Smith,  Sarah  E.D....d.  of  Gen.  Joseph  S....d.  July  16,  1846,  at 
b.  Dec.  21,  1828.  Smith,  Kingston,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 

N.  Y. 

"       Sanford,  Mary  D d.  of  Whiting  Sanford...m.  Nov.  25,  1851,  Jas. 

b.  Oct.  27,  1825.  Laurel,  Del.  C.  Milligan,  Phila- 

delphia. 

"       Stockton,  Mary  E d.  of  James  Stockton...m.  Nov.  6,  1849,  W.  B. 

b.  Dec.  7,  1826.  New  Orleans.  Wilson. 

"       Stockton,  Eliza  J d.  of  James  Stockton...m.  Oct.  24,  1846,  Ohaa. 

b.  May  14,  1828.  New  Orleans.  W.  Lytle. 

"       Sempill,  Mary  Ann....d.  of  John  R.  Sempill...m.  George  Carstensen. 
St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

"       Smith,  Indiana  A d.  of  Fowler  Smith, 

b.  1829.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

1840... Smith,  Eleanor  A d.  of  Hiram  Smith m.  Feb.  17,  1847,  Rev. 

b.  July  27,  1823.  Parsippany,  N.  J.  Elihu  Doty,  Amoy, 

China. 

"       Schall,  Amelia d.  of  D.  Schall,  Dale 

b.  Sept.  7,  1828.  P.O.,  Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Stanton,  Julia d.  of  G.  W.  Stanton.... m.  Rev.  Vandervoort 

b.  Feb.  1824.  Albany,  N.  Y.  Bruce,  Hoboken, 

N.  J. 

"       Stanton,  Anna d.  of  G   AV.  Stanton.. ..m.  —  Laurence,  New 

b.  Sept.  24,  1829.  Albany,  N.  Y.  York. 


428 


CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS   AT    THE 


1840. 


1841. 


1842. 


1843. 


1844. 


.Scott,  Augusta cl.  of  William  Scott m.  Edward  D.  Camp. 

b.  Dec.  2,  1824.  Powerville,  N.  J. 

Schultz,  Antoinette 

E d.  of  Samuel  Scliultz...m.  1st,  Alex.  C.  Blum; 

Salem,  N.  C.  2d,  —  Masten. 

Stapler,  Mary  B Philadelphia m.  John  Ross,  Chero- 
kee Nation,  Tale- 
quah. 

StcAvart,  Mary  El d.  of  Rev.  James  W. 

b.  April  3,  1827.  Stewart,  Warwick, 

N.  Y. 

.Sendos,  Alicia  M d  of  John  Sendos m.  D.  K.  Shoemaker, 

b.  March,  1830.  Philadelphia.  M.D.,  Rockport,  Pa. 

Schantz,  Catharine. ...d.  of  Jacob  Schantz....m.  Oct.  14,  1845,  Thos. 
b.  Sept.  9,  1826.  S.  AVhite  Hall,  Le-        B.  Cooper,  Coopers- 

high  Co.,  Pa.  burg. 

Siegert,  Emma d.  of  J.  F.  E.  Siegert...m.  Sept.  30,  1851,  D.  T. 

b.  March  9,  1830.  Easton,  Pa.  Basse,  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y. 
.Smith,  Ellen  Eliza. ..w.  of  Jas.  Post,  Hemp- 

b.  Oct.  1826.  stead  Harbor,  L.  I. 

Seaman,  Ann  Eliza... Staten  Island. 

b.  1831. 
.Shoemaker,  Martha 

A d.  of  CD.  Shoemaker.. .d.  July  8,  1843,  in  the 

b.  Dec.  25,  1828.  Wilkes-Barrg,  Pa.  Seminary. 

Stewart,  Marg't  Ann..w.  of  John  Strader, 
b.  Jan.  29,  1829.  Mansfield,  N.  J. 

•  Squier,  Harriet d.  of  John  Squier, 

b.  June,  1830.  Plainfield,  Essex 

Co.,  N.  J. 

Sumner,  Margaret w.  of  Thos.  G.  Benton. ..m.  Archibald  Riddick. 

b.  June  4,  1830.  Suffolk,  Nansemond 

Co.,  Va. 
Schiffert,  Sarah  Ann..d.  of  John  Schiffert, 

b.  April,  1831.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

Schantz,  Eliza 

Amanda 

b.  April  14,  1828. 


.d.  of  Jacob  Schantz. 
Trexlerstown,  Pa. 


1845. 


Sergeant,  Elizabeth..d.  of  Albert  Sergeant., 

b.  May  25,  1835.  M.D.,Meadville,  Pa 

Shultz,  Mary  E d.  of  Rev.  Henry  A. 

b.  Aug.  15,  1834.  Shultz,  Bethlehem. 

Shultz,  Susan  C d.  of  Rev.  Henry  A. 

b.  Aug.  1,  1830.  Shultz,  Bethlehem. 

Shields,  Caroline d.  of  George  Shields.. 

b.  July,  1830.  Manayunk,  Pa. 

.Stryker,  Eliz'th  0....d.  of  S.  D.  Stryker, 

b.  Oct.  1831.                     Lambertville,  N.  J. 
Stiles,  Caroline  M....d.  of  Henry  Stiles 

b.  Nov.  1829.  Philadelphia. 

Smith,  Frances  L d.  of  Mrs.  Jane  Smith.. 

b.  1831.  Richmond  P.  0., 

Staten  Island. 
Smith,  Marg't  Ann...d.  of  John  K.  Smith.. 

b.  March  28,  1830.  Philadelphia. 


.m.  Jan.  8,  1850,  Rev. 

Aaron  S.  Lineback, 

Reading,  Pa. 
.m.  May  25, 1857,  Chas. 

M'Gill,  Philada. 


m.  William  Carry!, 
.m.  —  Allen. 


m.  Feb.  20,  1851,  Chas. 
C.  Brock. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  429 

1845... Stover,  Emmeline d.  of  Henry  S.  Stover, 

b   June  19,  1828.  Erwinna,  Berks 

Co.,  Pa. 

1846...Shimcr,  Sarah  J d.  of  Peter  Shimcr        m.  May  22,  1855 

h.  March  4,  1833.  Still  Valley,  N.  J.  Thomas  K.  Egbert, 

New  \ork. 
Smith,  Phehe  Aiin....w.  of  Jas.  T.  Bertine, 
b.  Aug.  13,  1833.  New  York. 

"       Steinbergcr,  R.  La- 

vinia d.  of  A.  Steinberger, 

b.  March  6,  1829.  M  D.,  Philadelphia. 

"       Sieger,  Sarah  Ann d.  of  Thomas  Sieger, 

b.  July  13,  1834.  Hamburg,  Pa. 

Steinhauer,  Agnes.. ..d.  of  Daniel  Steinhauer, 
b.  Dec.  13,  1832.  Jamaica,  W.  I. 

Shimer,  Elizabeth d.of  Jos.  Shimer,  Lower 

Mount  Bethel, North- 
ampton Co.,  Pa. 

"       Stadiger,  Susan d.  of  F.  Stadigcr,M.D., 

Montgomery  Co., 
Pa. 

1847...Schroyer,  Cath Philadelphia m.  —  Fry. 

"       Seyhert,  Margaret Carlisle,  Pa. 

b.  Junes,  1830.  „    ^„^^   ^ 

"       Smith,  Ann  VV d.  of  S.  H.  Smith....     m.  Dec.  G   1849   Ben- 

b    May  6   1830.  ISIiddleburgh,  Hardi-    jamiu  M.  Smith, 

'  man  Co.,  Tenn.  Tulip,  Dallas  Co., 

Arkansas. 

"       Shepherd,  Mary Coopersburg,  Pa m.  —  - — - 

resides  in  New  Or- 
leans. 

"       Shall,  Martha  A d.  of  E.  P.  Shall d.  Nov.  20,  1847,  at 

b.  July  18,  1833.  New  Orleans.  the  Seminary. 

"       Shall,  Emma  V d.  of  E.  P.  Shall, 

b.  May  20,  1835.  New  Orleans. 

"       Smith,  Emily  I. d.  of  Wm.  R.  Smith, 

b.  Oct.  29,  1831.  Philadelphia. 

"       Stewart,  Mary d.  of  B.  D.  Stewart, 

b.  April  7,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

«'       Smith,  Caroline  ^    ^  ., 

3j^  0 d.  of  JosiahW.  Smith.  ..m.  Thomas  L.  Bailey. 

b.'jan.'is,  1834.  Clearfield,  Pa. 

"       Smeidcl,  Rebecca Philadelphia. 

b.  Aug.  11,  1832. 
"       Smeidel,  Henrietta. ..Philadelphia. 

b.  .Jan.  31,  183(5. 
1848. ..Simpson,  Ann  Janc.d.  of  Hood  Simpson.. ..m.  Jan.  1,  18o6,  John 

b.  Oct.  9,  1830.  Philadelphia.  H.  Watt. 

"       ShaAV,  Henrietta d.  of  James  L.  Shaw...resides  in  Philadelphia. 

b.  April  21,  1837.  Doylestown,  Pa. 

"       ShaAV,  Phebe  Ann d.  of  James  L.  Shaw...resides  in  Philadelphia. 

b.  Feb.  1839.  Doyle.stown,  Pa. 

<'       Shober,  Kate  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Shober,  Snsan Betlilehem,  Pa. 

"       Strange,  Sarah d.of  Jesse  A.  Strange... m.  March  21,  18-jo, 

b.  1834.  Memphis,  Tenn.  John  II.  Taylor. 

"       Shimer,  Sarah d.  of  J.  Shimer.  North- 

b.  March  15,  1833.         ampton  Co.,  Pa. 


430  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1848. ..Sieger,  Sarah d.  of  Elias  Sieger,  Le- 

b.  Sept.  25,  1832.  high  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Schwartz,  Atnanaa....(l.  of  Jacob  Schwartz, 
b.  April  30,  1883.  Trexlertown,  Pa. 

"       Soby,  Emma d.  of  W.  Soby,  Phila- 

b.  Aug.  11,  1831.  delphia. 

•'       Snyder,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  Snyder, 

b.  Sept.  27,  1833.  Rising  Sun,  near 

Philadelphia. 

1849...Shorday,  Matilda d.  of  C.  J.  Shorday m.  James  Black. 

b.  March  18,  1833.  Philadelphia. 

"       Skirving,  Elizabeth... d.  of  John  Skirving....resides  in  Philadelphia, 
b.  Feb.  19,  1833.  Camden,  N.  J. 

"       Skirving,  Emma d.  of  John  Skirving, 

b.  March  29,  1835.  Camden,  N.  J. 

"       Schaefer,  Rebecca 

A d.  of  George  Schaefer, 

b.  Jan.  8,  1835.  near  Bath,  Pa. 

1850...Shimer,  Camilla d.  of  Gen.  Conrad  Shi- 

b.  Oct.  1835.  mer,  Northampton 

Co.,  Pa. 
"       Sigmund,  Emma  E...d.  of  Fred  Sigmund, 

b.  Jan.  31,  1835.  New  Jerusalem  P.O., 

Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Scott,  Kate  S d.  of  Mrs.  R.  Scott, 

b.  Sept.  1836.  New  York. 

"       Scott,  Phebe  J d.  of  Mrs.  R.  Scott, 

b.  June,  1838.  New  York. 

"       Steinman,  Angelina..d.  of  G.  Steinman, 
b.  Dec.  22,  1836.  Coopersburg,  Pa. 

"       Shimer,  Mary d.  of  John  Shimer, 

b.  1829.  Shimerville,  North- 

ampton Co.,  Pa. 

"       Straub,  Aravesta d.  of  Samuel  Straub, 

b.  Jan.  15,  1838.  Bath,  Pa. 

"       Servis,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Ph.  Servis,  Hope- 

b.  Oct.  13,  1833.  well,  Mercer  Co., 

N.  J. 
*'       Steinhauer,  Helen.  ...d.  of  Daniel  Steinhauer,  ^ 

b.  July  13,  1840.  Bethlehem. 

1851...Schenk,  Joanna 

V.  D d.  of  J.  F.  Schenk d.  March  13,  1853. 

b.  March  18,  1835.  M.D.,  Flemington, 

N.  J. 

Schenk,  Ellen  H d.  of  J.  F.  Schenk, 

b.  Oct.  1,  1837.  M.D.,  Flemington, 

N.  J. 
"       Steinman,  Amanda.  ..d.  of  G.  Steinman, 
b.  Jan.  6,  1835.  Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Seetin,  Frances d.  of  J.  Seetin resides  at  Moon  Town- 

b.  June  29,  1837.  Pittsburgh.  ship,  Allegheny  Co., 

Pa. 

•'       Shute,  Estelle  H d.  of  Theodore  Shute, 

b.  Nov.  13,  1841.  New  Orleans. 

1852...Stettinius,Marg't  J...d.  of  S.  E.  Stettinius, 
b.  June,  1839.  Washington  City. 

"       Sone,  Adela  T New  York m.  Nov.  1857,  Fred. 

b.  Aug.  9,  1839.  Ryan. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  481 

1852...Simonson,  Mary d.  of  Jos.  Simonson, 

b.  Aug.  20,  1835.             Port  Richmond  P.O., 
Staten  Island. 
"       Smith,  Mary  Jane d.  of  Jas.  F.  Smith m.  C.  R.  White,  Con- 

b.  Feb.  183.5.  Reading,  Pa.  cord,  N.  C. 

*'       Simpson,  Grace d.  of  Hood  Simpson, 

b.  Sept.  10,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

•'       Smith,  Janet  W d.  of  Jos.  S.  Smith, 

b.  April  24,  1841.  Rahway,  N.  J. 

"       Sweet,  Sarah d.  of  Silas  Sweet, 

b.  April  12,  1837.  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

"       Sims,  Mary  Va d.  of  J.  M.  Sims,M.D., 

b.  April  13,  1838.  Montgomery,  Ala. 

"       Sims,  Eliza  Theresa..d.  of  J.  M.  Sims,  M.D., 

b.  Nov.  1830.  Montgomery,  Ala. 

"       Sims,  Carrie  M d.  of  J.  M.  Sims,M.D., 

b.  May  2,  1843.                Montgomery,  Ala. 
1853. ..Smith,  Kate  H a.  d.  of  George  K d.  April  11,  1854. 

b.  May  5,  1838.  Smith,  Philadelphia. 

"       Shimer,  Mary 

Martha d.  of  Robert  Shimer, 

b.  May  1,  1838.  Still  Valley,  N.  J. 

"       Stratton,  Mary d.  of  Chas.  S.  Stratton, 

b.  July  27,  1840.  Kensington,  Phila- 

delphia. 
"       Stratton,  Josephine. "d.  of  Chas.  S.  Stratton, 

b.  Sept.  7,  1842.  Kensington,  Phila- 

delphia. 
"       Stiles,  Mary  B d.  of  Richard  D.  Stiles, 

b.  Sept.  15,  1839.  Weatherly,  Pa. 

"       Stuyvesant,  Helen 

M d.  of  J.  R.  Stuyve- 

b.  Jan.  12,  1841.  sant,  Hyde  Park, 

Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y. 
"       Seidel,  Agnes  A d.  of  Rev.  Henry  A. 

b.  May  2,  1843.  Seidel. 

"       Smith,  Martha  C d.  of  Ezra  Smith, 

b.  March  12,  1835.  Doylestown,  Pa. 

'•       Smith,  Mary  E d.  of  Gerrit  Smith, 

b.  Feb.  12,  1841.             Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
"       Smull,  Anna  H d.  of  .John  SmuU d.  July  15,  1854. 

b.  Nov.  13,  1840.  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

"       Shutt,  Wilhelmiua. ...Doylestown,  Pa. 

b.  Aug.  20,  1837. 
"       Sommer,  Burnctta.  ...d.  of  Sebastian  Som- 

b.  Feb.  11,  183G.             mer,  New  York. 
1854... Seidel,  Elizabeth  A...d.  of  Ed.  Seidel m.  Stafford  Reeves, 

b.  May  16,  1838.  Virginia.  Virginia. 

"       Schaefer,  Caroline  ...d.  of  George  Schaefer, 

b.  March  28,  1838.  Bath,  Pa. 

"       Seidcr,  Anna  M Allentown,  Pa. 

b.  Dec.  3,  1838. 
"       Schnurman,  A d.  of  Hy.  Schnurman, 

b.  Oct.  1,  1838.  Allentown,  Pa. 
"       Stuyvesant,  Marga- 
ret K d.  of  J.  R.  Stuyve- 

b.  Oct.  24,  1838.  sant.  New  York. 


432 


CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 


1855... Smith,  Eliz'th  L d.  of  Draper  Smith, 

b.  March  24,  1842.  Tly mouth,  Pa. 
"       Stewart,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth  n.  of  R.  B.  Robinson, 

b.  Feb.  15,  1839.  White  Plains,  Bruns- 

wick Co.,  Va. 

"       Saunders,  Sarah d.  of  H.  Saunders, 

b.  Nov.  29,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

"      Souberbielle,  Helen 

B d.  of  Mrs.  Hugh  Davids, 

b.  April,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"       Shimer,  Emma  E d.  of  .Jacob  Shimer, 

b.  Oct.  15,  1842.  Bath,  Pa. 

"       Smith,  Emily  R d.  of  Ed.  D.  Smith, 

b.  Jan.  20,  1840.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Sholl,  Rebecca d.  of  J.  P.  Sholl,  M.D., 

b.  Aug.  13,  1848.  Bethlehem. 

"       Schweyer,  Louisa d.  of  M.  Schweyer, 

b.  Nov.  30,  1841.  New  York. 

"       Smith,  Laura  V d.  of  Beverly  Smith, 

b.  Feb.  15,  1840.  Parkersburg,  Va. 

"       Simpson,  Sarah d.  of  Hood  Simpson, 

b.  Sept.  3,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"       Seabiiry,R.  Virginia.. d.  of  Francis  W.  Sea- 
fa.  Sept.  11,  1840.  bury,  Hampton,  Va. 

"       Strong,  Laura  F d.  of  Geo.  P.  Strong, 

b.  Aug.  11,  1839.  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

"       Snyder,  Venticia 

Irene d.  of  John  Snyder, 

b.  Feb.  20,  1841.  Selin's  Grove,  Pa. 

"       Shoemaker,  Emma 

C d.  of  R.  M'D.  Shoe- 

b.  Dec.  1839.  maker,  Forty  Fort, 

Luzerne  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Skinner,  Lavinia d.  of  ^Vm.  P.  Skinner, 

b.  Feb.  6,  ^839.  Marietta.  Ohio. 

1856...Schall,  Margaret d.  of  William  Schall, 

b.  Oct.  28,  1838.  Norristown,  Pa. 

"       Stuckey,  Louisa  C....d.  of  J.  Stuckey, 
b.  April  3,  1840.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"       Sellers,  C.Lizzie d.  of  C.  Sellers,  M.D., 

b.  May  29,  1841.  Nazareth,  Pa. 

"       Schnurman,  Rachel 

P d.  of  Hy.  Schnurman, 

b.  June  23,  1840.  Allenlown,  Pa. 

Stickle,  Cornelia  A...d.  of  B.  K.  Stickle, 
b.  May  29,  1844.  Rockaway,  N.  J. 

"       Spader,  Phebe  L n.  of  J.  L.  Spader, 

b.  Jan.  17,  1843.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Shoemaker,  Sallie 

C d.  of  Robert  Shoe- 

b.  Jan.  2,  1843.  maker,  Philadelphia. 

"       Smith,  Helen  P d.  of  Jesse  Smith, 

b.  May  30,  1840.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Starr,  Julia Savannah,  Ga. 

b   Sept.  19,  1839. 
Southworth,MaryE...9.  of  Hy.  C.  South- 
fa.  April  4,  1839.  worth,  New  York. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  433 

1857. ..Simpson,  Ella  A. d.  of  Wm.  H.  Simpson, 

b.  Aug.  18,  18412.  New  York. 

"       Shertzer,  Rebecca w.  of  .Jacob  Shertzer, 

b.  March  21,  1841.  Lebanon  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Shertzer,  Ellen w.  of  .Jacob  Shertzer, 

b.  Oct.  2,  1843.  Lebanon  Co.,  Pa. 

*'       SiPtor,  Sallie  A d.  of  Thomas  Sletor, 

b.  April  13,  1845.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Siebert,  Malvina  A....d.  of  Selma  Siebert, 

b.  Dec.  16,  1840.  Washington,  D.  C. 

"       Seyfert,  Emma d.  of  ^Irs.  Louisa  Sey- 

b.  Dec.  10,  1841.  fert,  Philadelphia. 

"       Smuller,  R.  Ellen d.  of  Geo.  Srauller, 

b.  Aug.  20,  1842.  Middletown,  Pa. 

"       Stowell,  Mary  A d.  of  L.  T.  Stowell, 

b.  Aug.  30,  1842.  Orange,  N.  .J. 

"       Searle,  M.  Jane d.  of  Daniel  Searle, 

b.  March  25,  1841.  Montrose,  Pa. 

"       Sharp,  Cornelia d.  of  William  Sharp, 

b.  March  17,  1840.  Belvidere,  N.  J. 

"       Sharp,  Emily d.  of  AVilliam  Sharp, 

b.  April  16,  1842.  Belvidere,  N.  J. 

"       Steinman,  Mary  E....d.  of  Geo.  M.  Steinman, 

b.  April  3,  1841.  Lancaster,  Pa. 

"       Spurrier,  Mary  G d.  of  Grafton  6. 

b.  Jan.  13,  1842.  Spurrier,  Baltimore. 

"       Speel,  Mary  M d.  of  John  L.  Speel, 

b.  July  5,  1842.  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

"       Souders,  Mary 

Agnes d.  of  John  K.  Souders, 

b.  Jan.  21,  1843.  Philadelphia. 

"       Sneckner,  Maria 

liouisa d.  of  Wm.  Sneckner, 

b.  Nov.  14,  1846.  New  York. 

"       Smith,  Frances 

Augusta d.  of  Wm.  A.  Smith, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1789...Tenbrook,  Sarah d.  of  Henry  Tenbrook...d.  17%. 

b.  Aug.  18,  1779.  New  York. 

"       Tooker,  Lncretia d.  of  Daniel  Tooker.  ...m. Broti. 

New  York. 
"       Tooker,  Elizabeth.... d.  of  Daniel  Tooker, 
New  York. 

1 790 . . .  Thompson,  Jane Philadelphia. 

b.  May  2,  1777. 

Tremper,  Ann d.  of  .Jacob  Tremper...m.'',8t,  John  McGregor; 

b.  April  27,  1781.  near  Esopus,  N.  Y.        2d,  .John  Story. 

d.  1817. 

1791. ..Tod,  Eliza d.  of  Alexander  Tod. ..m.  Dec.  1802,  .John  C. 

b.  Oct.  1780.  Philadelphia.  Otto,  M.D 

"       Tod,  Isabella d.  of  D.  Tod,  Suf- m.  —  Stewart. 

field.  Conn.  New  York. 

1792. ..Taylor,  Mary d.  of  John  A.  Taylor, 

Philadelphia. 

1796. ..Tenbrook,  Jane d.  of  Henry  Tenbrook, 

b.  Aug.  18,  1783.  New  York. 

28 


434  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1797... Tucker,  Susan  M s.  d.  of  Rev.  John  Ire- 
fa.  Dec.  22,  1788.  land,  West  Chester, 
N.  Y. 

1799... Taws,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  Taws, 

b.  Jan.  22,  1791.  Philadelphia. 

1800...  Tucker,  Caroline m. 

1801...To\^Me,  Elizabeth d.  of  Rev.  Samuel d. 

b.  Oct.  26,  1794.  Towle,  Antigua, 

W.  I. 

"       Towle,  Maria d.  of  Rev.  Samuel m.  Jan.  4,  1823,  Thos. 

b.  Oct.  27,  1796.  Towle,  Antigua,  Welfare. 

W.  L  d.  Oct.  13,  1838. 

1802... Trotter,  Molly d.  of  Geo.  Trotter m.  Aug.  5,  1805,  John 

b.  Oct.  8,  1788.  Lexington,  Ky.  Tilford. 

d.  Dec.  31,  1844. 

"       Thayer,  Harriet d.  of  Wm.  Thayei- m.  July  14,  1811, 

b.  April  16,  1788.  Providence,  R.  I.  Patrick  Brown. 

1803...Tart,  Eliza  Garden. ..s.  of  Sarah  A.  Bamp- 
b.  Oct.  25,  1790.  field,  Charleston, 

S.  C. 
"       Thomson,  Eliza 

Eleanor d.  of  Capt.  Robert 

b.  March  31,  1791.  Thomson,  Peters- 

burg, Ga. 

1806. ..Towle,  Sarah  L d.  of  Rev.  Samuel m.  March  17,  1825, 

b.  Aug.  30,  1798.  Towle, Newport, R.I.     Ernst  Vierling,  Sa- 

lem, N.  C. 
d.  Nov.  24,  1825. 
"       Thurston,  Penelope..d.  of  John  Thurston.. ..m.  Oct.  29,  1816,  Rev. 

b.  Feb.  27,  1792.  Hudson,  N.  Y.  G.  T.  Bedell. 

"       Thurston,  Susanna 

A d.  of  John  Thurston. ..m.  Patrick  Fanning. 

b.  Nov.  19,  1793.  Hudson,  N.  Y. 
"       Taliaferro,  Eliza- 
beth Hay d.  of  F.  W.  Taliaferro, 

b.  Nov.  22,  1793.  Orange  Co.,  Va. 

1807... Trotter,  Rebecca d.  of  George  Trotter... m.  .Jephthah  Dudley, 

b.  Dec.  12,  1794.  Lexington,  Ky.  Frankfort,  Ky. 

d. 

1808...Thebaud,  Eloise d.  of  Jos.  Thebaud m.  March,  1829,  F. 

b.  Feb.  15,  1800.  New  York.  Houdet. 

d.  July,  1830. 

"       Trotter,  Margaret d.  of  Geo.  Trotter m.  Aug.  25,  1818, 

b.  March  11,  1799.  Lexington,  Ky.  Gen.  Leslie  Combs. 

d.  Jan.  23,  1844. 

"       Tatnall,  Harriet d.  of  Josiah  Tatnall, 

Jr.,  Savannah  Ga. 

1809...  Thomas,  Jane d.  of  D.  Thomas m.  Geo.  Vail,  Troy, 

b.  Jan.  12,  1795.  Albany,  N.  Y.  N.  Y. 

1810. ..Tucker,  Caroline d.  of  James  Tucker m.  Dec.  1818,  John  N. 

b.  March  12,  1799.  Norfolk,  Va.  Butt,  M.D..  Perqui- 

mans Co.,  N.  C. 
d.  Nov.  1849. 

"       Tucker,  Rebecca d.  of  James  Tucker m.  March  24,  1824, 

b.  Jan.  7,  1801.  Norfolk,  Va.  Jos.  B.  Whitehead, 

Smithfield,  Va. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  436 

1812. ..Tremper,  Eliza d.  of  John  Tremper....m.  Feb.  22,  1832,  Ist, 

b.  April  2,  1801.  Kingston,  Ulster  Co.,     Martin  Goodrick  • 

N.  Y.  2d,  Dec.  17,  1834, 

H.D.Eldridge,M.D., 
Port  Byron,  N.  Y. 
1814...Troutmau,  Ann  E.  ...d.  of  John  Troutman, 

b.  1803.  Bushwick,  L.  I. 

1815... Trimble,  Harriet  B...d.  of  Joseph  Trimble...m.  Dec.  9,  1824,  1st, 
b.  Aug.  15,  1802.  Concord,  Pa.  John  C.  Corbit; 

2d,  March  30,  1847, 
Charles  Tatman, 
Odessa,  Del. 
1817...Tilden,  Harriet  B.  ...d.  of  Charles  Tilden....m.  John  B.  Hackett 

M.D.,  Kent  Co.,  Md.     d. 

Tate,  El.  Ewing d.  of  James  Tate, 

Philadelphia. 

1818...Tuttle,  Harriet d.  of  Stephen  Tuttle...m.  Jan.  21,  1824,  John 

b.  March  1,  1804.  Wilkes-Barr6,  Pa.         Arnot,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

"       Tilden,  Mary d.  of  William  Tilden, 

Bristol,  Pa. 
"       Thomas,  Susanna  C...d.  of  Capt.  George 

b.  1806.  Thomas,  New  York. 

"       Tuthill,  Arietta d.  of  Selah  Tuthill, 

b.  May,  1804.  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

"       Tripler,Jane  Eliz'th..d.  of  Thomas  Tripler, 
b.  March  9,  1809.  New  York. 

1819. ..Taylor,  Mary  Ann d.  of  William  Taylor, 

Philadelphia. 

1820.. .Taylor,  Martha d.  of  William  Taylor, 

b.  Aug.  25,  1808.  Philadelphia. 

1821. ..Towers,  Susan g.  d.  of  Capt.  J.  Tow- 

b.  Oct.  4,  1815.  ers,  Philadelphia. 

1822. ..Tate,  Mary  A Charlestown,  Va m.  Jos.  T.  Dougherty. 

b.  May  18,  1808.  d. 

"       Thompson,  Lydia 

Ann d.  of  Robert  Thomp- 
son, Hackettstown, 
N.J. 

"       Turner,  Jane New  Jersey. 

b.  March  18,  1808. 

1823...Trexler,  Lucinda d.  of  Reuben  Trexler, 

b.  June  17,  1809.  Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

''       Trexler,  Caroline d.  of  Reuben  Trexler, 

b.  May  10,  1811.  Berks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Toomer,  Eliza  B n.  of  Christopher  Jen- 

b.  April,  1812.  kins,  Charleston, 

S.  C. 

*'       Toomer,  Sarah  A n.  of  Christopher  Jen- 

b.  Sept.  1813.  kins,  Charleston, 

S.  C. 

1824... Taylor,  Sarah  Ann...d.  of  Archibald  S m.  May  23,  1833,  Jas. 

b.  April  (),  1813.  Taylor,  New  Leba-       R.  Dunham,  Camden, 

non,  N.  J.  N.  J. 

1825. ..Toms,  Sarah  Ann d.  of  Charles  W m.  Peter  Vandeventer. 

b.  Aug.  5,  1811.  Toms,  Somerville,  d. 

N.J. 

"       Talbot,  Susan d.  of  Eph.  Talbot m.  1839,  Wm.  P.  Blod- 

b.  Oct.  13,  1811.  Providence,  R.  I.  get. 


436  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1826. ..Thomas,  Sarah d.  of  D.  Thomas, 

b.  Sept.  13,  1814.  Frankford,  Pa. 

"       Thornton,  Margaret..d.  of  J.  M.  Thornton, 
b.  Aug.  6,  1813.  Phihulelphia. 

1827. ..Taylor,  Ann  W d.  of  Thomas  Taylor, 

b.  Oct.  26,  1814.  Philadelphia. 

"       Taylor,  Jeannette d.  of  E.  Taylor d.  Aug.  12,  1828,  in 

b.  April  10,  1819.  New  York.  the  Seminary. 

"       Tucker,  Ann  M d.  of  Joseph  Tucker.. ..m.  Nov.  15,  1836,  Geo. 

b.  Feb.  16,  1817.  New  York.  W.  Tucker. 

1828. ..Trimble,  Amanda 

H d.  of  Joseph  Trimblc.d.  Sept.  4,  1829. 

b.  June  16,  1811.  Concordville,  Dela- 

ware Co.,  Pa. 

*'       Tyson,  Rebecca  C.  ...d.  of  Joshua  Tyson m.  Sept.  5,  1844,  S.  H. 

b.  July  5,  1813.  Montgomery  Co.,  Traquair,  Philada. 

Pa.  d.  May  27,  1846. 

1830. ..Thomas,  Jane w.  of  Wm.  Aslibridge, 

b.  May,  1813.  Philadelphia. 

"       Thomas,  Mary w.  of  Wm.  Ashbridge...m.  Jacob  P.  Jones. 

b.  March  15,  1815.  Philadelphia. 

1833. ..Turner,  Esther  Ann.. d.  of  Josiah  Turner.. ..m.  Rev.  J.  H.  Brakely. 
b.  Sept.  19,  1823.  Hope,  Warren  Co.,        d. 

N.  J. 

"       Taylor,  Marg't  R w.  of  R.  R.  Morris m.  Thomas  Lawrence, 

b.  1823.  Newton,  N.  J.  Hamburg. 

"       Tucker,  3Iargaret d.  of  Theodore  Tucker, 

b.  April  14,  1818.  Philadelphia. 

"       Trimble,  Esther  B....d.  of  Jos.  Trimble resides  with  her  sister, 

b.  July  8,  1819.  Concordville,  Pa.  at  Cantwell's  Bridge. 

"       Turner,  Emily d.  of  Josiah  Turner, 

Hope,  Wai'ren  Co., 
N.  J. 

1834...Tuttle,Phebe  G New  York. 

b.  Feb.  9,  1819. 
"       Thomas,  Eliz'th  H...d.  of  Levi  Thomas, 
Centre  Square, 
Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Tracy,  Sarah  C d.  of  Jedediah  Tracy, 

b.  Dec.  30,  1820.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

1835. ..Tripler,  Caroline  A...d.  of  Thos.  H.  Tripler, 

b.  Feb.  28,  1823.  New  York. 

"       Terhune,  3Ialvina w.  of  Samuel  Ellis, 

New  York. 
1836. ..Thomas,  Emma 

Josephine New  York m.  June  5,  1851,  Wm. 

b.  Sept.  20,  1825.  B.  Sturges. 

"       Troutman,  Marg't 

S.  S d.  of  Mrs.  Stone,  near 

b.  1821.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Troutman,  Cornelia 

M d.  of  Mrs.  Stone,  near 

b.  1823.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1837... Tyler,  Ellen  K d.  of  Rufus  Tyler, 

b.  1822.  Philadelphia. 

1838...Talmadge,  Ann  C....d.  of  Rev.  J.  Tal- m.  T.  P.  Macleury, 

b.  Jan.  1823.  madge,  Knowlton,         Laporte,  Ind. 

Warren  Co.,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY. 


437 


1839... 

1841... 

1842... 

1845.. 
1846.. 

a 

1847.. 


1848. 

1850. 


1851 


1862 


Troeger,  Emma  L....d.  of  Rev.  G.  F.  Troe-...m  J.  Beitcl,  Ohio. 

b.  May  13,  1828.  ger.  „   „.  ,       „,•     • 

Troeger,  Bertha d.  of  Rev.  G.  F.  Troe-...m.  H.  Sigler,  Illmois. 

b.  .July  ],  1830.  ger. 

Thomas,  Lucy  M d-  of  Moses  Thomas. ..m.  William  Hopper. 

b.  Sept.  28,  1827.  Philadelphia.  d. 

.Thayer,  Caroline New  York. 

b.  Aug.  8,  1827. 
Ticknor,  Lois  C d.  of  li.  Ticknor,  M.D., 

b.  March  27,  1828.  U.S.N.,  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y. 
.Tyson,  Mary d  of  Charles  Tyson... .m.  John  P.  Milnor. 

b.  Feb.  1828.  Baltimore. 

Talbot,  Virginia d.  of  Thomas  Talbot. ..m.  July  6,  1847,  A.  F. 

b.  Jan.  4,  1828.  Norfolk,  Va.  Leonard. 

d.  June  9,  1850. 
.Thomas,  Mary d.  of  H.  Thomas m.  James  M'Kee,  Jer- 

b.  Jan.  30,  1831.  Beaver  Meadow,  Pa.      sey  City. 

Taggart,  Hannah d.  of  Jas.  Taggavt m.  W.  S.  Halsey,  M.D., 

Tamaqua,  Pa.  Philadelphia. 

Thomae,  Rosina  M...d.  of  G.  F.  Thomae, 

b.  Dec.  9,  1832.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Thomas,  Sarah Lower  Saucon,  Pa. 

Tschudy,  Sarah d.  of  J.  B.  Tschudy....m.  May  6,  1856,  0.  1. 

b.  Sept.  29,  1833.  Litiz,  Pa.  ?"<,^^^"T,   .o-r 

^  d.  Sept.  22,  18u6. 

Trent,  Louisa  C d.  of  W.  H.  Trent, 

b.  May  28,  1833.  La  Grange,  Tenn. 

.Terrill,  H.  Irving d. of  Uriel  Terrill.M.D., 

b.  Oct.  3,  1833.  Orange  C.  11.,  Va. 

.Thomas,  Helen d.  of  H.  Tlioinas m.  May  /,  1855,  John 

b.  April  22,  1834.  Tamaqua,  Pa.  Thomas,Catasauqua. 

Tucker,  Eliz'th  H Newark,  N.  J. 

b.  Aug.  8,  1838. 
Tallmadge,  Laura 

E d.  of  Theodore  B.  Tall- 

b.  Aug.  5,  1838.  madge,  N.  Y. 

TaUmadge,LenaT...d.  of  Tlieodore  B m.  Nov.  12,  18o/,  Fred. 

b.  Aug.  18,  1840.  Tallm.adge,  N.  Y.  Arthur,  Lodi,  111. 

Travis,  Adeline d.  of  Jacob  Travis, 

b.  June,  1832.  Staten  Island. 

Travis,  Agnes d.  of  Jacob  Travis d. 

b.  Oct.  1834.  Staten  Island. 
.Templetou,  Laura.,  -d.  of  Capt.  W.  C.  Tem- 
b.  Sept.  1830.                  plot  on,  New  Orleans. 
Templeton,  Emma...d.  of  Capt.  W.  C.  Tem- 
b.  July,  1839.                  pleton.  New  Orleans. 
Templeton,  Lou- 
anna d.  of  Capt.  W.  C.  Tem- 

b.  June,  1842.  pleton.  New  Orleans. 

Tindall,  Mary  E. d.  of  John  Tindall m.  Mark  T.  Warne. 

b.  Oct.  2,  1836.  Easton,  Pa. 

..Terrill,  Virginia d.of  Uriel  Terrill,  M.D., 

b.  April  14,  1830.  Orange  C.  H.,  Va. 

Timolat,  Belonie d.  of  Louis  Timolat, 

b.  July  7,  1837.  New  York. 

Taylor,  Mary  El u.  of  Mrs.  C.  R  Clarke, 

b.  July  5,  1838.  New  York. 


438  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1852. ..Thomae,  Emilia  C....d.  of  G.  F.  Thomae, 
b.  Nov.  23,  1840.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

1853...Titze,  Louisa d.  of  Rev.  H.  J.  Titze, 

b.  July  24,  1841.  Illinois. 

"       Tiers,  Anna  M d.  of  Arundius  Tiers, 

b.  March,  1834.  Philadelphia. 

"       Trexler,  Eliza  E d.  of  Jonas  Trexler, 

b.  April  6,  1838.  Shamokin  Dam, 

Union  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Titus,  Elizabeth d.  of  Lawrence  Titus, 

b.  Dec.  2,  1837.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Thompson,  Eliza 

Jane d.  of  Major  Thompson, 

b.  Jan.  19,  1839.  New  York. 

"       Tovvnsend,  Eliza  B...d.  of  Mrs.  Jacob  B. 
b.  June  29,  1838.  Sands,  Newburgh, 

N.  Y. 
"       Townsend,Mary  A....d.  of  Mrs.  Jacob  B. 
b.  April  29,  1841.  Sands,  Newburgh, 

N.  Y. 

1854...Torbert,  Mary  F Lambertsville,  N.  J. 

b.  Oct.  27,  1836. 
"       Trumbull,  Mary  Ii....d.  of  Mrs.  S.  Hillman...m.  Oct.  13,  1857,  H.  D. 
b.  Feb.  1,  1840.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Norton. 

"       Terry,  Frances  M n.  of  Eliz'th  T.  Hicks, 

b.  Jan.  18,  1839.  New  York. 

"       Tomlinson,  Anas- 

tatia d.  of  Col.  W.  E.  Tom- 

b.  March  7,  1837.  linson,  Hardiman 

Co.,  Tenn. 

"       Tilge,  Louisa  E d.  of  Henry  Tilge, 

b.  Jan.  31,  1838.  Philadelphia. 

"       Tilge,  Sallie d.  of  Henry  Tilge, 

b.  Aug.  2,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

1855. ..Thompson,  Lavinia 

S New  Jersey. 

"       Thayer,  Charlotte 

S d.  of  E.  W.  Thayer, 

b.  Sept.  28,  1841.  Philadelphia. 

"       Trembley,  Amanda.. .d.  of  Daniel  Trembley, 
b.  June  27,  1839.  New  York. 

1856... Thomas,  Kate  M d.  of  H.  Thomas, 

b.  Aug.  2,  1841.  Catasauqua,  Pa. 

1857... Thompson,  Mary 

Elizabeth d.  of  G.  F.  Thompson. 

b.  Dec.  4,  1841.  Staten  Island. 

"       Turner,  Hester  A d.  of  Thomas  Turner, 

b.  Jan.  22,  1841.  New  York. 

"       Torbert,  Ellen d.  of  L.  L.  Torbert, 

b.  Sept.  7,  1849.  Maui,  Sandwich 
Islands. 
"       Tomlinson,  M.  Vir- 
ginia  d.  of  Wra.  E.  Tomlin- 

b.  Nov.  16,  1844.  son,  Salisbury, 

Tenn. 
"      Tomlinson,  Martha 

H d.  of  Ephraim  Tomlin- 

b.  April  20,  1843.  son,  Glendale,  N.  J. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  439 

1788...Unger,  Mary* 

1819...lJffington,  Ann. 

1825...Ufiington,  Eliza d.  of  Thos.  Uffington, 

Belleville,  N.  J. 

1854.. .Uhl,  Emma d.  of  Mrs.  Anna  Uhl, 

b.  Oct.  31,  1839.  New  York. 

1856...Umberger,  Cordelia..n.  of  .Jos.  Leidy,  M.D., 
b.  Jan.  1,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"       Umholtz,  Margaret. ..d.  of  Ph.  Umholtz, 

b.  Nov.  27,  1837.  Schuylkill  Co.,  Pa. 

1787...Vriehnis,  Margaret 

Catharine d.  of  —  Vriehuis m.  Feb.  23,  1796, 

b.  Jan.  29,  1780.  M.D.,  St.  Jan.  W.  I.      —  Knevels,  M.D. 

1788. ..Van  Vleck,  Ann d.  of  Isaac  Van  Vleck  ..d. 

b.  July  9,  1775.  New  York. 

1789. ..Van  Cortlandt, 

Eliza d.  of  Wm.  Van  Cort-...m.  —  Ricketts. 

b.  Oct.  14,  1780.  landt.  New  York. 

"       Van  Zandt,  Ann New  York m.  —  Mumford. 

"       Van  Uome,  Ann  M...d.  of  A.  Van  Home, 

New  York. 
"       Van  Beverhoudt, 

Adriana Beverwyck,  N.  J m.  —  Boudinot. 

1793...Verboom,  Hermina 

Catharine d.  of  Rev.  F.  M.  Ver- 

b.  June  24,  1787.  boom,  St.  Thomas, 

W.I. 

1790. ..Van  Vleck,  Jane d.  of  Isaac  Van  Vleck. ..m.  Alexander  Ander- 

New  York.  son,  M.D. 

d. 

1793. ..Van  Vleck,  Helen d.  of  Isaac  Van  Vleck.. .d. 

b.  May  8,  1779.  New  York. 

1795...  Van  Vleck,  Maria d.  of  Isaac  Van  Vleck.. .d. 

b.  Aug.  31,  1782.  New  York. 

1798...Vanderheyden, 

Catharine d.  of  Jacob  Vander- 

b.  July  10,  1783.  heyden,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

"       Vanderheyden, 

Elizabeth d.  of  Jacob  Vander- 

b.  Dec.  12,  1784.  heyden,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

1799...Vierling,  Maria 

Rose d.  of  Samuel  Benj m.  March  18,  1811, 

b.  Sept.  6,  1791.  Vierling,  Salem,  Owen  Rice,  Bethle- 

N.  C.  hem.  Pa. 

d.  Jan.  21,  1817. 
1800...Vredenburg,  Maria. ..d.  of  W.  J.  Vredenburg, 
b.  Sept.  4,  1785.  New  York. 

"       Vredenburg,  Eliza.. ..d.  of  W.  J.  Vredenburg, 
b.  July  4,  1790.  New  York. 

1802...Varick,  Jane  Dey d.  of  John  Dey  Varick, 

b.  Aug.  7,  1791.  Jr.,  M.D. 

1803. ..Van  Lear,  Eliza d.  of  Matthew  Van 

Lear,  Williamsport, 
Md. 

'«       Van  Lear,  Molly d.  of  Matthew  Van 

b.  Feb.  9,  1790,  Lear,  Williamsport, 

(twins.)  Md. 


440  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1803. ..Van  Lear,  Eliza d.  of  Wm.  Van  Lear, 

b.  March  2,  1790.  Willianisport,  Md. 

1804. ..Vos,  Ann  Sophia d.  of  Andrew  Vos. 

b.  Sept.  19,  1790. 
'•       Van  Vechten,  Ann  ....d.  of  Abraham  Van....m.  Walter  Van  Vech- 
b.  1790.                            Vechten,  Albany,  ten. 
N.  Y. 
"       VanVechten,EIiz'th..d.  of  Abraham  Van 
b.  1791.                            Vechten,  Albany, 
N.  Y. 
1807...  Van  Buskirk,  Catha- 
rine Ann d.  of  Abraham  Van m.  Silas  E.  Burrows, 

Buskirk,  Athens,  New  York. 

N.  Y.  d.  1842. 

1810...Vanderheyden,  Jane..w.  of  John  Loudon, 

b.  Oct.  21,  1798.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

181 3... Van  Horn,  Hannah. ..d.  of  Bernard  Van 

b.  Jan.  29,  1802.  Horn. 

1815. ..Van  Beuren,  Mary 

Ann d.  of  Abraham  Van 

b.  Dec.  31,  1802.  Beuren,  Phila. 

1816...  Vickery,  Elizabeth. .  ..Baltimore. 

1817.  .Vail,  Harriet d.  of  Stephen  Vail m.  Dayton  J.  Canfield. 

b.  March  7,  1802.  Morristown,  N.  J.  d.  June  30,  1828. 

"       Van  Horn,  Cath d.  of  Cornelius  Van....m.  July  10,  1836,  Cor- 

b.  Nov.  12,  1804.  Horn,  Buckingham,      nelius  AVilliamson, 

Pa.  Somerville,  N.  J. 

1821. ..Vail,  Sarah  D d.  of  Stephen  Vail m.  Nov.  10,  1829,  1st, 

b.  Feb.  19,  1811.  Morristown,  N.  J.  S.  C.  Cutler,  M.D.  ; 

2d,  May  31,  1854,  W. 
H.Hurd,  Sparta,  N.J. 

1825...Vickers,  Frances w.  of  Richard  Knight, 

b.  1815.  St.  Croix,  W.  I. 

]826...Voorhis,  Adeliza d.  of  John  Voorhis, 

b.  July  29,  1813.  New  York. 

'*       Voorhis,  Maria  L d.  of  John  Voorhis, 

b.  Sept.  16,  1815.  New  York. 

"       Valentine,  Mary 

Elizabeth New  York. 

b.  July  21,  1813. 
"       Vanderbilt,  Phebe 

J d.  of  Capt.  Cornelius 

b.  Nov.  7,  1814.  Vanderbilt,  New 

Brunswick,  N.  J. 
1828. ..Van  Winkle, 

Martha w.  of  Stephen  Dema- 

b.  Aug.  3,  1813.  rest,  Hackensack, 

N.J. 
"      Van  Vleck,  Lavinia 

Elizabeth d.  of  Abraham  H m.  Dec.  15,  1851,  Jas. 

b.  March  17,  1818.  Van  Vleck,  Newark,     E.  Woodruff,  St. 

N.  J.  Louis,  Mo. ;  lost  in 

the  steamer  Arctic, 
Sept.  27,  1854. 
1829...  Van  Buren,  Margaret 

E d.  of  E.  K.  Van  Buren, 

b.  1816.  New  York. 


BETHLEUEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  441 

1830...  Vandegrift,  Eliza- 

beth  S..... d.  of  Jeremiah  Van- m.  March  14,  1841, 

b.  Marcii  13,  1817.  degrift,  Boulton,  Abraham  Evaul, 

Northampton  Co.,  Sinnaminsin,  N.  J. 
Pa. 
1831. ..Vanderbilt,  Eliza- 
beth II d-  of  Capt.  C.  Vander- 

b   Dec  15,  1816.  bilt,  Staten  Island, 

N.  Y. 

1835...Varian,  Charlotte s.  of  —  Cockroft. 

b.  March  15,  1822. 
l83G...Van  Deursen,  ^       Tir       *   xt 

Joanna d.  of  Wm.  Van  Deur-...m.  Gov.  Wm.  A.  New- 
la.  1822.  sen,  New  Bruns-  ell,  M.D.,  Allen- 
wick,  N.  .J.                      town,  N.  J. 

1837. ..Vail,  Ann  Eliza d.  of  D.  W.  Vail d.  July  13,  1846. 

b.  Jan.  1822.  New  Brunswick, 

N.J. 
"      Van  Vleck,  Louisa 

C. d.  of  Rev.  C.  A.  Van 

b.  Aug.  20,  1826.  Vleck. 

"       Van  Vleck,  Henri-  .    norrv  r.  n 

etta d.  of  A.  H.  Van m.  August,  1850,  D.  C. 

b.  May,  1821.  Vleck,  Newark,  N.  J.     Bosworth,  Phila. 

1839. ..Van  Vleck,  Lizetta 

M d.  of  Rev.  C.  A.  Van 

b.  1830.  Vleck. 

1845... Von  Tagen,  Matilda 

E n.  of  C.  G.  Von  Tagen, 

b.  1830.  Beaver  Meadow,  Pa. 

1847... Vail,  Anna  Maria d.  of  Israel  Vail, 

b.  Jan.  17,  1834.  Baskenridge,  N.  J. 

1849...Vulte,  Leila  F New  York. 

b.  April  29,  1835. 

"       Vulte,  Frances  J New  York 

b.  May  10,  1837. 

1851. ..Van  Name,  Mary d.  of  Capt.  M.  Van 

b.  March  28,  1836.  Name,  Port  Rich- 

mond, Staten  Island. 
"       Van  Name,  Lorena...d.  of  Capt.  M.  Van 
b.  Feb.  18,  1838.  Name,  Port  Rich- 

mond, Staten  Island. 

"       Van  Buren,  Mary d.  of  M.  Van  Buren....d.  1853. 

b.  Aug.  4,  1836.  New  York. 

"       Van  Buren,  Anzo- 

netta d.  of  M.  Van  Buren, 

b.  July  4,  1839.  New  York. 

"       Van  Buren,  Hannah..d.  of  M.  Van  Buren, 

b.  Feb.  1841.  New  York. 

1853. ..Valentine,  Alice d.  of  Mrs.  H.  P.  Valen- 

b.  April  30,  1841.  tine,  Jersey  City, 

N.J. 
"      Van  Ingen,  Eliza 

G d.  of  A.  Van  Ingen, 

b.  May  1,  1840.  Rahway,  N.  J. 

"       Van  Ingen,  Anna  M...d.  of  A.  Van  Ingen, 
b.  May  2,  1842.  Rahway,  N.  J. 


442  CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS   AT   THE 

1853... Van  Reed,  Cath.  J....d.  of  Jas.  H.  Van  Reed, 

b.  Aug.  23,  1837.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

1856. ..Vivian,  Hannah d.  of  Sampson  Vivian, 

b.  Dec.  3,  1842.  Glendon,  Pa. 

"      Vogler,  Susan  E d.  of  Rev.  Jesse  Vog- 

b.  Jan.  8,  1844.  ler,  Canada  West. 

1857...VilIard,  Eliza  A d.  of  W.  B.  Villard, 

b.  Aug.  10,  1844.  Robertville,  S.  C. 

"       Van  Horn,  Eliz'th.  ...d.  of  Israel  Van  Horn, 

b.  March  10,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

"       Van  Duzer,  Anna d.  of  Isaac  Van  Duzer, 

b.  March  16,  1841.  New^  York. 

"       Van  Duzer,  Eliz'th. ..d.  of  J.  H.  Van  Duzer, 

b.  Dec.  23,  1840.  Staten  Island,  N.  Y. 

"       Vodges,  Adelaide 

H d.  of  Wm.  H.  Vodges, 

b.  Feb.  11,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

1787... Winchester,  Lydia....d.  of  Wm.  Winchester. ..m.  —  Moore. 

Baltimore. 
1788...Weinecke,  Miss. 

"      Wilson,  Ann g.  d.  of  Abraham  Wil- 

b.  Aug.  1,  1780.  son.  New  York. 

1789. ..Walsh,  Jane d.  of  Hugh  Walsh d.  Sept.  20,  1831. 

Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

"       White,  Frances New  York m.  — Bruce,  M.D., 

New  York. 

"       Wood,  Anna  M d.  of  James  Wood d.  about  1850. 

b.  Jan.  31,  1778.  St.  Thomas,  W.  L 

1790. ..Watson,  Esther  Ann..Ireland m.  Ebenezer  Bowman. 

b.  June  29,  1777. 

"       Whiting,  Fanny d.  of  Wm.  Whiting m.  Fred.  Abbot,  Ohio. 

b.  Dec.  1,  1778.  M.D.,  Great  Bar- 

rington,  Mass. 

1791...Witmer,  Mary d.  of  A.  AVitmer,  near...m.  John  Graeff; 

Lancaster,  Pa.  resides  in  Cumber- 

land Co.,  Pa. 

"      Wall,  Susan Savannah,  Ga m.  1st,  Wm.  Wall,  her 

uncle ; 

2d.  Nicholas  Trum- 
bull. 
1792...Woodbridge,  Sarah....d.  of  Dudley  Wood-....m.  John  Matthews, 

bridge,  Marietta,  Putnam,  Ohio. 

Ohio.  d.  1828. 

"       Wilkins,  Hannah d.  of  Jacob  Wilkins, 

New  York. 
1793. ..Winder,  Dorothea 

Arietta d.  of  William  Winder, 

b.  Aug.  1782.  Somerset  Co.,  Md. 

1794.. .White,  Sarah d.  of  William  White.. ..m.  Wm.  Whittington. 

b.  1782.  Worcester  Co..  Md.       d.  March.  1819. 

"      Whelen,  Jane d.  of  Israel  Whelen d.  Oct.  24,  1802. 

b.  Nov.  8,  1778.  Philadelphia. 

1795...Willcox,  Eleanor d.  of  Mark  Willcox m.  Wm.  Jenkins,  Bal- 

Concord,  DeL  Co.,         timore. 
Pa.  d.  1820. 

1796. ..Watson,  Mary n.  of  James  Watson, 

New  York. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  443 

1796. ..Warth,  Elizabeth d.  of  Henry  Warth, 

b.  May,  1784.  Bedford,  Pa. 

1798...Wagener,  Polly d.  of  DanielWagener...m.  Philip  Mixsell. 

Easton,  Pa.  d.  1855. 

"      Warren,  Cynthia  d.  of  John  Warren, 

b.  Aug.  2,  1786.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

1799. ..Walsh,  Catharine d.  of  Hugh  AValsh m.  David  Andrews. 

b.  June  24,  178G.  Newburgh,  N.  Y.  d.  March  21,  1829. 

1800. .. Whiteside,  Marg't Philadelphia. 

b.  May,  1790. 

1801. ..Walsh,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Hugh  Walsh d.  Aug.  31,  1831. 

b.  July  14,  1787.  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

"       Walke,  Mary g.  d.  of  Cornelius  Cal-..m.  —  Curtis. 

b.  Nov.  13,  1787.  vert,  Norfolk,  Va.         d. 

"       Walke,  Ann g.  d.  of  Cornelius  Cal-..m.  Thos.  Williamson. 

b.  July  13,  1790.  vert,  Norfolk,  Va.  d.  May  3,  1837. 

1802... Walker,  Ann  Cath....w.  of  Thos.  C.  Walker, 
b.  Dec.  13,  1787.  M.D.,  Baltimore. 

"       Woodland,  Rachel. ..n.  of  U.  Angier m.  Peregrine  Cooper. 

b.  Oct.  1790.  Kent  Co.,  Md.  d. 

"       Williams,  Christina.. d.  of  Fred.  Williams. ..m.  Oct.  9,  1809,  Wm. 
b.  Dec.  25,  1789.  Petersburg,  Va.  Robertson. 

d.  Sept.  18,  1850. 

"      Walton,  Sarah a.  d.  of  J.  Choutter, 

b.  March  13,  1789.  M.D.,  Charleston, 

S.  C. 
1803...Worthington,  Mary 

Tolley d.  of  Jas.  T.  Worthing- 

b.  March  21,  1790.  ton,  Baltimore  Co., 

Md. 

"       Wickwire,  Eliza s.  d.  of  Joseph  Provan, 

Montreal,  L.  C. 

1804... Wilson,  Eliza d.  of  Thos.  Wilson m.  Chas.  L.  Wingfield. 

b.  April  10,  1790.  Richmond,  Va. 

"       Wadsworth,  Juliana..d.  of  Chas.  Wadsworth, 
b.  April  3,  1791.  Purser  U.S.N. 

1805...WeyIe,  Joanna  Se- 

venia d.  of  Hon.  .John  S. 

b.  July  7,  1796.  Weyle,  Judge  of  St. 

Johns,  W.  I. 
"       Woodbridge,  Maria.. .d.  of  Thomas  Wood-...m.  Capt.  Archelaus 

b.  Jan.  23,  1793.  bridge.  Savannah,         Rea,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

Ga. 

"       Wilson,  Mary d.  of  Thos.  Wilson m.  Littleton  Upshur. 

b.  July  28,  1792.  Richmond,  Va.  d.  Oct.  1829. 

"      Wilson,  Harriet d.  of  Thos.  Wilson m.  Aug.  5,  1813,  Thos. 

b.  March  4,  1794.  Richmond,  Va.  Mann  Randolph,  Jr., 

of  Tuckahoe. 
d.  Jan.  29,  1822. 

'•      Wilson,  Isabella d.  of  John  Wilson, 

b.  April  6,  1793.  Halifax,  Co.,  Va. 

"       Webster,  Eliza d.  of  C.  Webster m.  Rufus  Brown,  Al- 

b.  Jan.  1791.  Albany,  N.  Y.  bion,  N.  Y. 

1806...Whiley,  Charlotte d.  of  Capt.  Richard 

b.  1798.  Whiley,  Fort  Colum- 

bus, N.  Y. 


444  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT    THE 

1806. ..Willis,  Lucy  31 d.  of  AVm.  C.  Willis m.  —  Holmes,  Caro- 

b.  Nov.  13,  1795.  Orange  Co.,  Va.  line  Co. 

d. 

1808. ..Wright,  Esther  E d.  of  Caleb  Wright m.  Jan.  5,  1815,  Judge 

b.  Aug.  22,  1797.  Luzerne  Co.,  Pa.  Ed.  Taylor. 

d.  Feb.  1849,  in  Bur- 
lington, N.  J. 

1809...Wakeman,  Susan d.  of  Jesse  Wakeman...m.  Jessup  Scott; 

b.  March  7,  1797.  Fairfield,  Conn.  resides  in  New  York 

State. 

"       Weaver,  Sarah d.  of  Ab.  Weaver, 

b.  Oct.  21,  1794.  Flowertown,  Pa. 

"       Weaver,  Lydia d.  of  Ab.  Weaver, 

b.  Nov.  30,  1797.  Flowertown,  Pa. 

"       Witman,  Hester d.  of  Wm.  Witman m.  Daniel  Otto,  Phila- 

b.  Sept.  1,  1795.  Reading,  Pa.  delphia. 

"       Witman,  Sarah d.  of  Wm.  Witman m.  John  B.  Otto,  M.D. 

b.  April  18,  1797.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Wray,  Margaret d.  of  William  AVray, 

b.  1800.  Philadelphia. 

"       Wilson,  3Iary Baltimore. 

b.  Sept.  21,  1796. 
"       Woodworth,  Harriet 

Eliza d.  of  Mrs.  Lucretia 

b.  June  11,  1803.  Woodworth  Norfolk, 

Va. 

Wilson,  Mary  A d.  of  Abraham  Wilson. 

b.  July  15,  1799. 
"       Wilson,  Eleanora  C.d.  of  Abraham  Wilson, 
b.  July  26,  1801. 

"       Williams,  Mary  A d.  of  Thos.  Williams, 

b.  Sept.  6,  1799.  New  York. 

1812. ..Williams,  Maria s.d.  of  Richard  Reeve.  ..m.  —  Mattingley. 

b.  Dec.  9,  1799.  Zanesville,  Ohio.  d.  1855. 

1813...Weller,  Ann  Eliza. ...d.  of  Wm.  H.  Weller, 
b.  Nov.  16,  1800.  Montgomery,  Orange 

Co.,  N.  Y. 

"       Witman,  Maria d.  of  W.  Witman m.  Rev.  Wm.  Pauli. 

b.  May  9,  1800.  Reading,  Pa.  d. 

1814...Wrenshall,  Emily d.  of  John  Wrenshall...m.  Aug.  19,  1818, 

b.  April  29,  1798.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Samuel  K.  Page, 

Louisville,  Ky. 
Wrenshall,  Sarah  J...d.  of  John  AVrenshall...m.  Sept.  1820,  Rev. 
b.  May  12,  1800.  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  John  H.  Fielding,  St. 

Charles,  Mo. 
d.  Nov.  1855. 
"       Williams,  Amanda 

M n.  of  Solomon  Davis, 

b.  Aug.  5,  1802.  Montgomery  Co., 

Md. 
"       Whitlock,  Marg't  B...d.  of  Wm.  Whitlock....m.  Oct.  1823,  Daniel 
b.  July  13,  1802.  New  York.  Bonnett. 

1815...Wickh'am,  Esther d.  of  D.  H.  Wickham...m.  March  17,  1830, 

b.  Nov.  10,  1802.  New  York.  Rev.  Geo.  Stebbins, 

Sterling,  111. 
d.  Feb.  4,  1854. 
*'       Walter,  Justina  B.  ...d.  of  John  J.  Walter, 
b.  Oct.  15,  1801.  Antigua,  W.  I. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  445 

1815. ..Williams,  Sarah 

Caroline g-  d-  of  Mrs.  Mary 

b.  Feb.  28,  1804.  M'llhancy.  Hillsbo- 

rough, Loudon  Co., 
Va. 
1816. ..Wilson,  Lydia. 
"       Warner,  Maria. 

1817. ..Winand,  Adeline Baltimore. 

"       Woodbridgc,  Jane 

M d.  of  D.  Woodbridge....m.  David  T.  Morgan, 

Jr.,  Marietta,  Ohio.      Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

"       Wickes,  Louisa  M.  ...d.  of  L.  W.  Wickes m.  Peter  Wethered. 

Kent  Co.,  Md.  d. 

"      Wlieeler,  Eliza d.  of  M.  Wheeler, 

New  York. 
"      Watson,  Mildred Richmond,  Va. 

1818...Wynkoop,  Mary near  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

<'       Wilson,  Lydia d.  of  Abraham  Wilson, 

b.  Sept.  10,  1807.  New  York. 

"      White,  Eliza  J d.  of  William  White, 

b.  1806.  Middletown,  Jeffer- 

son Co.,  Ky. 
"       Waite,  Eliza  Jane....d.  of  Capt.  Waite, 
b.  March,  1808.  New  York. 

1819...Warner,CarolineE...d.  of  .John  C.  Warner...m.  .July  9,  1844,  Rev. 
b.  March  -3,  1813.  Bethlehem.  Pa.  —  Linke. 

1820.. .Webber,  Mary Philadelphia. 

"       Wagstaff,  Hannah.. ..d.  of  Hugh  Wagstaff, 
b.  June  10,  1806.  Philadelphia. 

1821. ..White,  Margaret  A....d.  of  William  White.. ..d.  1829. 
b.  Sept.  6,  1806.  Caroline  Co.,  Md. 

"       Waite,  Juliet  A d.  of  Robert  Waite, 

b.  Aug.  .31,  1811.  New  York. 

"       Webb,  Sarah  A d.  of  John  Webb m. 

b.  July,  1807.  Canaan,  Litchfield 

Co.,  Conn. 

"       Webb,  Frances  A d.  of  John  Webb m.  —  Peet. 

b.  March,  1809.  Canaan,  Litchfield 

Co.,  Conn. 

1822. ..Wager,  Sarah  A Harper's  Ferry m.  —  Swain. 

b.  Nov.  11,  1808. 
"      W^amer,  Henrietta 

B Philadelphia. 

b.  Dec.  3,  1810. 
"       Worthington,  Mary 

M d.  of  Robert  Worth-.... m.  April  30,  1835,  Rev. 

b.  May  22,  1809.  ington,  Charlestown,     N.  G.  North. 

Va. 

"       Wisner,  Eliz'th  T d.  of  Henry  G.  Wisner, 

b.  Dec.  26,  1808.  Goshen,  Orange  Co., 

N.Y. 

1823. ..Wood,  Lvdia Savannah,  Ga. 

b.  May  .31,  1814. 

"      Waite,  Maria  E d.  of  G.  N.  Waite, 

b.  1810.  New  York. 


446  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1823... Waller,  Eleanora d.  of  Wm.  AValler, 

b.  Nov.  4,  1813.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

1824...\Vhelan,  Mary  El w.  of  Micliael  Magrath, 

b.  1810.  Philadelphia. 

"      Withars,  Hannah 

H d.  of  John  Withars, 

b.  April  17,  1811.  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa. 

1825. ..Wolf,  Margaret d.  of  George  AVolf. m.  H.  Buehler. 

b.  Dec.  7,  1809.  Easton,  Pa.  d. 

"       Wright,  Alphonse  L...g.  d.  of  Robert  Wright, 

Queenston,  Queen 
Anne  Co.,  Md. 
"      Wood,  Charlotte  M....d.  of  Joseph  Wood, 
b.  Nov.  18,  1812.  New  York. 

"       Warner,  Maria  D d.  of  John  C.  AVarner...d.  April  24,  1837. 

b.  Feb.  5,  1818.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"      Wells,  Mary  W d.  of  B.  Wells m.  Jan.  10,  1837, 

b.  Dec.  21,  1816.  Philadelphia.  W.  H.  Munn,  New 

York. 

"      Williams,  Emily  L....d.  of  Nathaniel  F m.  Bethuel  AV.  Hewson. 

b.  Oct.  1811.  Williams,  Baltimore,     d.  Aug.  17,  1855. 

1826...Witherspoon,  Martha 

Jane w.  of  Wm.  Bisland, 

b.  Jan.  27,  1813.  Natchez,  Miss. 

"      Woelpper,  Lucy d.  of  Geo.  Woelpper, 

b.  July  9,  1818.  Philadelphia. 

1827...Williams,3IarthaE...d.  of  Nathaniel  F m.  N.  F.  Williams,  Jr. 

b.  July,  1815.  Williams,  Baltimore. 

1828...Wolle,  Augusta d.  of  Jacob  Wolle m.  Oct.  16,  1844,  Rev. 

b.  Dec.  11,  1819.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  F.  R.  Holland. 

"      Warren,  Jane  D,  L....d.  of  Stephen  R.  War- 
b.  Feb.  2,  1818.  ren,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

"       Wolle,  Maria d.  of  J.  F.  Wolle m.  June  11,  1839,  Rev. 

b.  Nov.  7,  1819.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Emanual  Rondtha- 

ler,  Jr. 
1829. ..Williams,  Juliet  C....d.  of  E.  L.  Williams, 
b.  1815.  New  York. 

"      Wolle,  Emma  E d.  of  Rev.  Peter  Wolle.  ..m.  April  3,  1845,  Ferd. 

b.  Aug.  26,  1820.  D.  Rickert,  Litiz,  Pa. 

"      Wicker,  Mary  Ann....d.  of  Henry  Wicker, 
b.  May  20,  181-.  New  York. 

1830. ..West,  Maria  E d.  of  Jos.  £.  West, 

b.  May  23,  1814.  May's  Landing,  N.  J. 

"       Winder,  Mary d.  of  Aaron  Winder m.  May  29,  1837,  Law- 

b.  June  18,  1815.  Bucks  Co.,  Pa.  rence  Johnson, 

Philadelphia. 

"       Watkins,  Emilie Falls  of  Schuylkill,  Pa. 

b.  May  8,  1817. 

1831. ..Wade,  Martha  J Natchez,  Miss. 

1832. ..Waterman,  Pamela 

Janet d.  of  Gen.  Thos.  G m.  Charles  Eldrege, 

Waterman,  Bing- 
hampton,  N.  Y. 
"      Waterman,  Rhoda 

E d.  of  Gen.  Thos.  G m.  James  W.  White, 

b.  March,  1815.  Waterman,  Bing-  New  York, 

hampton,  N.  Y. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE    SEMINARY.  447 

1833. ..Whitney,  Mary  Ade« 

line d.  of  Virgil  Whitney, 

Binghampton,  N.  Y. 
"      Welch,  Franklinia 

A d.  of  Jas.  E.  Welch d.  Jan.  2,  1837. 

b.  Sept.  7,  1819.  Burlington,  N.J. 

"       Wisner,  Sallie  Ann....d.  of  Henry  G.  AVisner, 

b.  Oct.  15,  1818.  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

"       Wisner,  Eleanor  T....d.  of  Henry  G.  AVisner, 

b.  July  14,  1820.  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

1834. ..White,  Louisa  M s.  of  John  R.  AVhite, 

b.  Feb.  27,  1817.  Hillsborough,  Lou- 

don Co.,  Va. 

"      White,  Virginia s.  of  John  R.  White, 

b.  1821.  Hillsborough,  Lou- 

don Co.,  Va. 

"       Woods,  Mary d.  of  Wm.  Woods m.  Jan.  27,  1840,  AVm. 

b.  June  17,  1820.  Bath,  Steuben  Co.,        A.  Dutcher. 

N.  Y. 
"       Womrath,  Georgiana 

M d.  of  G.  F.  Womrath... .m.  J.  Rea  Negus. 

b.  July  29,  1823. 

"      Watkinson,  Mary d.  of  Robert  Watkin-...m.  John  S.  Gray. 

b.  Feb.  23,  1823.  son,  Hartford,  Conn. 

1835. ..White,  Eliz'th  B d.  of  Wm.  C.  White, 

b.  1822.  New  York. 

'•      Wagner,  Joanna 

Henrietta d.  of  Abraham  Wagner, 

b.  July  25,  1824.  Penn  Yan,  N.  Y. 

"      Wells,  Henrietta w.  of  John  A.  Wells, 

b.  Nov.  22,  1821.  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

"      Woods,  Pamelia 

Nelson d.  of  Wm.  Woods m.  Nov.  23,  1842,  Levi 

b.  Feb.  7,  1823.  Bath,  Steuben  Co.,        C.  Whiting. 

N.  Y.  d.  July  29,  1847. 

"       Wack,  Emmeline  B...d.  of  G.  C.  Wack m.  Rev.  E.  M.  Long, 

b.  March  20,  1821.  Line  Lexington,  Norristown,  Pa. 

Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Walter,  Sophia d.  of  Jacob  D.  Walter, 

Antigua,  W.  I. 
"       Wilson,  Mary  Ann....d.  of  AVilliam  Wilson, 
b.  Sept.  23,  1820.  Philadelphia. 

1836...Welser,  Amelia d.  of  Antony  AVelser, 

b.  April  3,  1822.  AVaterford,  Glou- 

cester Co.,  N.  J. 
"      Wheeler,Margaretta..d.  of  EpenetusAA'heeler, 
b.  Nov.  1820.  New  York. 

'*       Wickes,  Mary  El d.  of  J.  AVickes m.  Prof.  B.  F.  Green, 

b.  July  30,  1822.  Chestertown,  Md.  Troy,  N.  Y. 

d.  June  12,  1850. 
"       Wood,  Alethea  Au- 
gusta  d.  of  Mrs.  AA'ood, 

b.  Aug.  28,  1822.  New  York. 

"      Wood,  Emma 

Elizabeth d,  of  Mrs.  AA'ood, 

b.  July  5,  1825.  New  York. 


448  CATALOGUE  OF  PUPILS  AT  THE 

183G...Wood,  EHza  Jose- 
phine  d.  of  Mrs.  Wood, 

b.  March  15,  1827.  New  York. 

"       Weiss,  Elizabeth  C...d.  of  Jedediah  AVeiss...m.lst,  Rev.II.A.Seidel; 
li.  May  27,  1824.  Bethlehem.  2d,  July  6,  1849, 

Fx'ancis  WoUe. 
'«      "Wheeler,  Caroline....d. of  Epenetus Wheeler, 
b.  March,  1824.  New  York. 

Warner,  Sarah  L d.  of  J.  F.  Warner, 

b.  Nov.  3,  1824.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

1837. ..Watmough,  Julia  N...d.  of  E.  C.  Watmough, 
b.  March  27,  1828.  Philadelphia. 

1838.. .Wheeler,  Frances d.  of  Rev.  Eli  Wheeler, 

b.  June,  1823.  Ridgefield,  Fairfield 

Co.,  Conn. 

"      Walter,  Lucinda  31.. .d.  of  Philip  Walter m.  1st,  .June  10,  1847. 

b.  Nov.  15,  1827.  M.D.,  Nazareth,  Pa.      J.  B.  Sherrerd,  M.D.; 

2d,  Sept.  13,  1856, 
Henry  Marvine, 
Scranton,  Pa. 

"       Wager,  Emma d.  of  Peter  Wager m.  E.  C.  Lambert,  St. 

b.  Oct.  25,  1825.  Philadelphia.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

1839...Winthrop,  Maria  A...d.  of  Th.  C.  Winthrop, 

New  York. 
"       Woodhull,  Frances. ..w.  of  Josiah  Doremus, 

b.  Oct.  1828.  Newark,  N.  J. 

"       Woods,  Mary  Jane....d.  of  Wm.  H.  Woods. ..m.  —  Gray, 
b.  Jan.  1828.  St.  Croix,  W.  L 

Western,  Grace  H....d.  of  H.  M.  Western, 
b.  1828.  New  York. 

1840. ..Ward,  Caroline  M....d.of  Rev.  John  W.Ward, 
b.  Feb.  28,  1828.  Napanock,  Ulster 

Co.,  N.  Y. 
"      Wilmarth,  Eliz'th  L..d.  of  Wm.  M.  Wilmarth, 

b.  Nov.  2,  1825.  New  York. 

«♦       Wilmarth,  Maria  T...d.  of  Wm.  M.  Wilmarth. 
b.  Dec.  20,  1827.  New  York. 

Willis,  Frances  H....d.  of  Thos.  W.  Willis, 
b.  Nov.  1824.  Boonton,  N.  J. 

"      Western,  Eliza d.  of  Hy.  M.  AYestern, 

New  York. 

"       Weiss,  Maria d.  of  Timothy  Weiss. ..m.  William  Struthers, 

Bethlehem.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa. 

"       Wagener,  Susan  B....d.  of  D.  D.  Wagener...m.  J.  B.  Clement,  M.D. 

b.  April,  1827.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Wagener,  Sarah  C....d.  of  D.  D.  Wagener... single, 
b.  Dec.  1829.  Easton,  Pa. 

1841...  Woodruff,  Mary  E d.  of  John  0.  Woodruff. 

b.  Nov.  1825.  Elizabethtown,  N.  J. 

"       Woodruff,  Anna  A....d.  of  John  0.  Woodruff, 

b.  Sept.  1828.  Elizabethtown,  N.  J. 

"       Western,  Sophia d.  of  Hy.  M.  Western. 

b.  April  26,  1831.  New  York. 

"       Wilhelm,  Eliz'th Easton,  Pa .*..m.  James  H.  Cook, 

b.  Sept.  1825.  Philadelphia. 

•'      Woodruff,  Mary  B d.  of  E.  D.  Woodruff, 

b.  March  10,  1828.  M.D.,  Suckasunnv 

Plains,  N.  J. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  449 

1842. ..Wright,  Frances  E....d.  of  Joseph  Wright. ..m.  Johu  B.  Koons. 

b.  Oct.  1828.  Philadelphia. 

"      Williams,  Laura  A....W.  of  Miss  A.  Alexan- 

b.  Feb.  1828.  der. 

"       Wheeler,  Ann Newark,  N.  J. 

b.  March,  1830. 
1843. ..Wolle,  Elizabeth d.  of  J.  F.  Wolle m.  Aug.  20,  1854,  Rev. 

b.  Oct.  4,  1829.  Bethlehem,  Pa.  Hy.  A.  Shultz. 

"       Worarath,  Antonia 

M.  L d.  of  Geo.  Womrath....m.  July  3,  1851,  A.  G. 

b   Aug.  9,  1830.  Philadelphia.  Waters,  Baltimore. 

"       Womrath,  Henrietta 

J d.  of  Geo.  Womrath.. ..m.  March  21,  18ort, 

b.  March,  1832.               Philadelphia.  Jos.  T.  Ford. 

1844. ..Wilson,  Henrietta.. ..d.  of  D.  M.  Wilson m.  May  12, 1852,  Alleu 

b.  Oct.  12,  1830.  Newark,  N.  J.  B.  Miner.  New  York. 

"      Webb,  Emma d.  of  S.  Webb,  Phila- 

b.  1828.  delphia. 

"       Wood,  Rebecca 

E.  M g.d.  of  Francis Dancy...m.  — Dancy,  M.D. 

b.  Dec.  23,  1830.  CentreviUe,  La. 

"       Wood,  Lavinia  C.R...g.  d.  of  Francis  Dancy.. .m.  — Polk,  M.D. 

b.  Nov.  1832.  CentreviUe,  La. 

"       Woods,  Ann  M w.  of  Mrs.  Julia  Crosby, 

b.  1829.  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

"       Wartman,  Clarissa. ..d.  of  Rev.  —  Wart-....m.  —  Billheimer, 

b.  1830.  man,  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa.      AUentown,  Pa. 

"       Webb,  Eliza d.  of  Samuel  Webb, 

b.  1831.  Philadelphia. 

"       Wilkins,  Martha d.  of  Rev.  Hy.  T.  Wil- 

b.  Aug.  1,  1829.  kins,  E.Springfield, 

Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 
"       Winpenny,  Ellen d.  of  John  Winpenny, 

b.  June,  1827.  Manayunk,  Pa. 

'*       Wolf,  Caroline d.  of  Samuel  C.  Wolf, 

b.  1831.  Danville,  Pa. 

"       Wolf,  Mary d.  of  Samuel  C.  Wolf, 

b.  1834.  Danville,  Pa. 

1845...Wieand,  Sarah d.  of  Moses  Wieand. ...resides  at  Emmaus. 

b.  Dec.  25,  1828.  Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Whitby,  Louisa w.  of  John  Kolb, 

b.  Oct.  1830.  Chester  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Welsh,  Mary  S d.  of  Henry  Welsh, 

b.  April  14,  1830.  Philadelphia. 

1846...Wilcomb,  Mary  K.  ...d.  of  John  Wilcomb, 

b.  Oct.  31,  1831.  Flushing,  L.  L 

"       Wilcomb,  Marg't  H...d.  of  John  Wilcomb, 

b.  Sept.  29,  1834.  Flushing,  L.  I. 

"      Williams,  Frances.. ..d.  of  N.  F.  Williams, 
Jr.,  Baltimore. 
1847...Wellman,  Flora d.  of  H.  B.  Wellman, 

b.  Sept.  G,  1831.  Massillon,  Ohio. 

"       WeUman,  Eliza d.  of  II.  B.  Wellman, 

-      b.  Dec.  26,  1833.  Massillon,  Ohio. 

"      Wilson,  Mary d.  of  W.  Wilson,  M.D., 

Bethlehem. 
29 


450  CATALOaUE    OP    PUPILS    AT   THE 

1848...Weekes,  Sarah  J d.  of  Joseph  Weekes, 

b.  Oct.  9,  1832.  New  York. 
"       Watson,  Sarah  Fran- 
ces  d.  of  Washington  Wat- 

b.  Feb.  13,  1837.  son,  Philadelphia. 

"       Wilcox,  Eliza  W Honesdale,  Pa. 

b.  Sept.  3U,  1832. 
1849...Wieand,  Amelia  E,...d.  of  Moses  Wieand, 

b.  Oct.  21,  1840.  Emniaus,  Pa. 

"       Wolle,  Ellen  C d.  of  Rev.  S.  WoUe, 

b.  July  20,  1842.  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

"       Wurts,  Eliza  Ann d.  of  John  J.  Wurts, 

b.  July  29,  1835.  Easton,  Pa. 

"       Wood,  Mary  A New  Orleans. 

b.  Dec.  1837. 
"      Webster,  Elizabeth...d.  of  E.  S.  Webster d.  Aug.  18,  1853. 

b.  1833.  Boundbrook,  N.  J. 
1850. ..Wallace,  Mary  Liz- 
zie  d.  of  Geo.  T.  Wallace...m.  Sept.  10,  1857, 

b.  Jan.  15,  1836.  Lake  Drummond  Thomas  C.  Ferebee. 

P.O.,  Norfolk  Co., 
Va. 
"      Walton,  Eliza  C d.  of  John  Walton, 

b.  May  29,  1835.  Huntingdon  Valley, 

Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Worman,  Eiiz'th  M...d.  of  Tobias  Worman, 

b.  Dec.  6,  1840.  Riegelsville,  Pa. 

1851...Worster,  Mary  J d.  of  Joseph  Worster, 

b.  March  3,  1838.  M.D.,  New  York. 

**      Watson,  Emily  E d.  of  Amos  C.  Watson, 

b.  June  24,  1839.  Rahway,  N.  J. 

"       Walton,  Elizabeth... .d.  of  Jacob  L.  AValton, 

b.  June  17,  1834.  Pliiladelphia. 

"       Wittman,  Elinda  L...d.  of  A.  K.  Wittman, 

b.  June  14,  1840.             Coopersburg,  Pa. 
"       Winner,  Sarah  F d.  of  Sept.  Winner m.  —  Hicks. 

b.  May  5,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

"       Wilson,  Mercy  Ann... Washington  City. 

b.  Feb.  1835. 
♦'       Wanner,  Eliza Kutztown,  Pa. 

b.  Aug.  18,  1839. 
"       WenzelljDora n.  of  J.  C.  Wenzell, 

b.  April,  1841.                 Philadelphia. 
1852...Wilking,  Caroline d.  of  J.  H.  Wilking m.  May  10,  1854, 

b.  Oct.  25,  1833.  Easton,  Pa.  Samuel  L.  Cooley. 

"       Wheeler,  Julia  A d.  of  Ep.  Wheeler, 

b.  Jan.  1839.  New  York. 

"      Wightman,  Fanny d.  of  Jos.  Wightman....m.  Jacob  Weeks,  West 

b.  Dec.  1836.  Meadville,  Pa.  Greenville,  Mercer 

Co.,  Pa. 
<'      Walker,  Anne w.  of  Fr.  Wilson, 

b.  April  3,  1841.  New  York. 

"       Walker,  Elizabeth. ...w.  of  Fr.  Wilson, 

b.  Oct.  9,  1842.  New  York. 

1853. ..Wright,  Anna  E d.  of  C.  S.  Wright, 

b.  Nov.  4,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

"       Weeks,  Ellen  A d.  of  Geo.  P.  Weeks, 

b.  Aug.  10,  1836.  Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE   SEMINARY.  451 

1853..  Wolle,  Mary  E <L  of  Rev.  S.  Wolle, 

b.  Oct.  18,  1846.  Bethlehem. 

"      Wilson,  Alleine d.  of  W.  Wilson,  MD., 

b.  July  18,  1845.  Bethlehem. 

«'       Worth,  Mary  S d.  of  J.  W.  Worth, 

b.  May  22,  183'J.  New  York. 

"      Willis,  Anna  M d.  of  J.  G.  Willis, 

b.  March  10,  1842.         Charleston,  S.  C. 
"       Weisman,  Jose- 
phine  d.  of  Augustus  Weis- 

b.  Oct.  1839.  man,  New  York. 

'<       Wirth,  Emma w.  of  Fr.  Gentner, 

b.  Jan.  17,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

1854...Whartenby,Hannah..g.  d.  of  Thomas  Whar- 

b.  Feb.  8,  1842.  tenby,  Philadelphia. 

"       Weimer,  Emma d.  of  William  Weimer, 

b.  May  20,  1836.  Reading,  Pa. 

"       Weimer,  Mary  L d.  of  William  Weimer, 

b.  Oct.  12,  1841.  Reading,  Pa. 

'*       Wyckoff,  Maria d.  of  P.  Wyckoff, 

b.  March  23,  1841.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

"       Wolf,  Hannah  R d.  of  J.  H.  Wolf, 

b   March  25,  1839.  Philadelphia. 

"      Williams,  Mary  E d.  of  Chas.  H.  Williams, 

b.  Sept.  3,  1838.  Weatherly,  Pa. 

"       Woodall,  Miriam New  Orleans. 

b.  Aug.  17,  1837. 
"       Wilcox,  Kate d.  of  D.  L.  Wilcox, 

b.  Aug.  16,  1839.  Philadelphia. 
1855.,.Wannemacher,  Cor- 
delia  d.  of  Daniel  Wanne- 

b.  Jan.  12,  1838.  macher,  Jackson- 

ville, Lehigh  Co.,  Pa. 
"      Whitesell,  Anna  M....d.  of  Hy.  Whitesell. 

b.  June  10,  1841. 
"       Willis,  Mary  F d.  of  Francis  Willis, 

b.  July  24,  1838.  M.D.,  Savannah,  Ga. 

"      Wragg,  Mary  J'on d.  of  John  A.  W.  Wragg, 

b.  March  23,  1839.  M.D.,  Savannah,  Ga. 

"       West,  3Iary  Flora d.  of  J.  S.  West,  New 

b.  Feb.  20,  1844.  York. 

"      Wallace,  Virginia d.  of  Robert  Wallace, 

b.  Nov.  9,  1839.  Memphis,  Tenn. 

«'      Weeks,  Emily  Ang....d.  of  Geo.  P.  Weeks, 

b.  1839.  Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 

««      Washburn,  Sarah 

Belle a-d.  of  J.  B.  AVashburn, 

b.  Nov.  23,  1843.  Evansville,  Ind. 

"      Wilmerding,  Cath d.of  W.E.  Wilmerding, 

b.  June  23,  1839.  New  York. 

"      Wolle,  Emily  T d.  of  Aug.  Wolle, 

b.  Aug.  17,  1846.  Bethlehem. 

1856... Wright,  Eliz'th  W s.  of  Chas.  Wright, 

b.  June  1,  1842.  Philadelphia. 

«'      Waagneux,  Sophia... .d.  of  P.  Waagneux, 

b.  March  16,  1843.  New  York. 

"      Weirman,  Ellen  C....d.  of  Chas.  Weirman, 

b.  Feb.  10,  1839.  Washington  City. 


452  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

186G...Wood,  Anna  W d.  of  F.  W.  Wood, 

b.  Dec.  27,  1841.  Rockaway,  N.  J. 

"       Williams,  Georgette 

A. d.  of  Mrs.  G.  A.  Wll- 

b.  Oct.  20,  1840.  Hams,  New  York. 

Walter,  Emma  E d.  of  P.  Walter,  M.D., 

b.  Jan.  5,  1842.  Nazareth,  Pa. 

•'       Wilkins,  Sallie  A d.  of  R.  Wilkins, 

b.  Sept.  6,  1840.  Camden,  N.  J. 

"       Walton,  Anue  F d.  of  John  Walton, 

b.  Sept.  15,  1841.  Huntingdon  Valley, 

Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 
Woolf,  Margaret  E....d.  of  Thos.  J.  Woolf, 
b.  March  1,  1847.  Philadelphia. 

1857. ..Weeks,  Mary  A d.  of  Geo.  P.  Weeks, 

b.  Oct.  7,  1841.  Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 

'•       Wright,  Eliz'th  J d.  of  G.  P.  Wright, 

b.  Sept.  14,  1841.  New  York. 

•'       Wood,  Isabelle d.  of  Thos.  W.  Wood, 

b.  Aug.  12,  1842.  Philadelphia. 

West,  Evelyn  N d.  of  Chas.  W.  West, 

b.  July  1,  1841.  M.D.,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Williams,  Harriet w.  of  Judge  W.  M. 

b.  March  20,  1841.  Byrd,  Selma,  Ala. 

"       Wurzbach,  Julia 

Amelia d.  of  A.  C.  Wurzbach, 

b.  July  13,  1848.  Memphis,  Tenn. 

"       Williamson,  Pris- 

cilla  A d.  of  Lewis  P.  William- 

b.  April  11,  1840.  son,  Somerville, 
Tenn. 
•'       Williamson,  Marga- 
ret E d.  of  Lewis  P.  William- 

b.  April  4,  1844.  son,  Somerville, 

Tenn. 

Watson,  Emily  B d.  of  J.  Watson, 

b.  Feb.  13,  1840.  Philadelphia. 

•'       WyckofT,  Sarah  Ann..d.  of  P.  Wyckoff, 
b.  April  ■-',  1843.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

■'       Warner,  Ada d.  of  D.  Warner, 

b.  Sept.  11,  1840.  Massachusetts. 

"       Wetherill,  Geor- 

giana d.  of  Samuel  Wetherill, 

b.  Nov.  10,  1847.  Bethlehem. 

"       Wallace,  Lavinia  G...n.  of  J.  M.  Gemmill, 
b.  May  7,  1847.  M.D.,  Huntingdon 

Co.,  Pa. 

1791. ..Young,  Rebecca Charleston,  S.  C m.  —  Strong,  M.D. 

1808...Yard,  Maria  Ant d.  of  Capt.  Yard, 

b.  Nov.  27,  1796.             Philadelphia. 
1809. ..Yates,  Helen  M d.  of  Jos.  C.  Yates m.  1817,  John  Keyes 

b.  Sept.  22,  1797.  Schenectady,  N.  Y.        Paige. 

d.  Jan.  31,  1829, 
Yates,  Jane  J d.  of  Jos.  C.  Yates d.  Feb.  3,  1810,  in  the 

b.  Oct.  25,  1801.  Schenectady,  N.  Y.        Seminary. 

1811...Yundt,  3Iaria d.  of  Leonard  Yundt, 

b.  April  6,  1801.  Baltimore. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  458 

1818. ..Yundt,  Rebecca d.  of  Leonard  Yundt, 

Baltimore. 

1821. ..  Young,  Eliz'th  H d.  of  Abi.jah  Young, 

b.  Oct.  11,  1808.  Newark,  N.  J. 

1830. ..Yates,  Ann d.  of  John  Yates m.  Rcv.Wm.T.  Seawell 

b.  July  15,  1815.  .Jefferson  Co.,  Va.  Slate  Mills  P.  0., 

Rappahannock  Co., 
Va. 

1831. ..Yates,  Elizabeth d.  of  John  Yates d.  Oct.  11,  1844. 

b.  July  .5,  1818.  Jefferson  Co.,  Va. 

1832. ..Yates,  Jnlia d.  of  .John  Yates m.  Oct.  1,  18.39,  Wm. 

b.  July  25,  1819.  Jefferson  Co.,  Va.  Turill. 

Young,  Mary  S d.  of  J.  J.  Young, 

U.S.N.,  Norfolk,  Va. 

"       Young,  Eliza  J d.  of  J.  J.  Young, 

U.S.N.,  Norfolk,  Va. 

1847. ..Yoder,  Mary d.  of  John  Yoder, 

b.  Feb.  15,  1834.  Coopersburg.  Pa. 

1850.. .Yohe,  Anne d.  of  Caleb  Yohe, 

b.  Sept.  1838.  •  Bethlehem. 

1852..  Yerkes,  Elizabeth Plymouth,  Montgo- m.  —  Cooper. 

b.  Oct.  1832.  mery  Co.,  Pa. 

"      Yerkes,  Anne Plymouth,  Montgo-  .^ 

b.  April  21,  1844.  mery  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Yates,  Susan  S d.  of  Stephen  Yates, 

b.  June  3,  1842.  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

"       Yates,  Mary d.  of  Stephen  Yates, 

b.  April  21,  1844.  Schenectady,  N.  Y. 

1855. ..Youngs,  Mary  J d.  of  AVilliam  Youngs, 

b.  Nov.  21,  1840.  New  York. 

"       Youngs,  Mary  Helen.. d.  of  George  Youngs, 

b.  Jan.  27,  1842.  New  York. 

"       Yobst,  Henrietta d.  of  Fr.  Yobst,  Em- 

b.  June  17,  1840.  maus,  Pa. 

"       Yocom,  Amanda  E...d.  of  J.  Yocom,  Berks 
b.  April  27,  1841.  Co.,  Pa. 

1857. ..Yates,  Emma  E d.  of  R.  V.  Yates, 

b.  April  16,  1841.  Utica,  N.  Y. 

"       Yerkes,  Mary  H n.  of  N.  W.  Yerkes, 

b.  Oct.  10,  1841.  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

1792...Zantzinger,  Eliza d.  of  A.  Zantzinger, 

Philadelphia. 
1838. ..Zieber,  Mary  Eliza. ..d.  of  Chas.  Zieber m.  Joseph  L.  Packer. 

b.  June,  1828.  Reading,  Pa. 

1844. ..Zorn,  Sarah  M d.  of  Rev.  Jacob  Zorn, 

b.  April  1,  1836.  .Jamaica,  W.  L 

1848. ..Zieber,  Eugenia d.  of  John  S.  Zieber. ..m.  Asahel  Bush. 

b.  Jan.  13,  1833.  Peoria,  111.  Oregon. 

1851. ..Zane,  Marion d.  of  W.  B.  Zane, 

b.  June  29,  1837.  Philadelphia. 

1854. ..Zieber,  Catharine d.  of  Ph.  Zieber, 

b.  Oct.  22,  1837.  Reading,  Pa. 

18-56. ..Zabriskie,  Harriet 

I, d.  of  John  B.  Zabris-  i     '  /> 

b.  July  29,  1841.  kie,  Flatbush,  L.  I.  -'  ^  /tV/  !^ 


ERRATA   AND   ADDENDA; 

Comprising  some  corrections  of  dates  in  the  preceding  Catalogue, 
together  with  many  in  addition  received  during  the  progress  of 
the  volume  through  the  press ;  and  some  omitted  names. 

1791...AkerIy,  Catharine.. -d.  of  Samuel  .\kerly...m.  1st,  Dec.  4,  1794, 
b.  May  30,  1778.  New  York.  James  Cock ; 

2a,  June  22,  ITyy, 
Samuel  L.  Mitchell, 
M.D. 

1794...Akerly,  Margaret d.  of  Samuel  Akerly...m.  April  1-^,  1803- 

b.  June  18,  1781.  New  York.  Sylvanus  Miller. 

d.  June  4,  1822. 

1797     Aston,  Ann d.  of  Peter  Aston m.  Feb.  14,  1805, 

b   Dec   27    1784.  Philadelphia.  Jeremiah  Warder, 

'  Springfield,  Ohio. 

1827...Aymar,  Elvira  K d.  of  Benj.  Aymar m.  March  30,  1836, 

b.  March  16,  1817.  New  York.  John  D.  Van  Buren. 

"       Aymar,  Eliza  D d.  of  Benj.  Aymar d.  18o0. 

b.  April  27,  1821.  New  York. 

1789...Byvanck,  Jane New  York m.  1st   1795   Joseph 

^■^o..U,li:S.  S,tept   27:1799, 

Garret  N.  Bleecker. 

"       Bininger,  Agnes d.  of  Abr.  Bininger m.  Dec.  8   1799, 

b.  Jan.  29,  1780.  New  York.  Richard  J.  Clark. 

d.  April  4,  lb34. 

1791...Bowen,  Elizabeth.... d.  of  Wm.  Bowen m.  1799,  Thos  Amory, 

b   1776  M.D.,  Providence,         Roxbury,  Mass. 

R.  I. 

"       Bowen,  Sally d.  of  Wm.  Bowen m.  May  16,  1816,  Wm. 

b   Oct.  17,  1778.  M.D.,  Providence,         Skinner,  Roxbury, 

R.  I.  Mass. 

1798...Beach,  Hannah d.  of  Nathan  Beach.. ..m.  Aug.  14,  1811   Wm. 

b   Dec    15    1785.  Luzerne  Co..  Pa.  Baird,  Berwick,  Pa. 

1800...Beck,  Susan  P -d.  of  Paul  Beck m.  May  15, 1806  Daniel 

b   Nov.  10,  1785.  Philadelphia.  Lammot,  Baltimore. 

d.  Dec.  31,  181  /. 

"      Bininger,  Rebecca  .00   ist>  v« 

f.  ,...d.  of  Abr.  Bininger m.  Aug.  29,  1812,  >a- 

b.*Dec."27,"i787.  New  York.  thaniel  Sands 

d.  Dec.  lo,  1000. 

1804...Bowen,  Harriet d.  of  Wm.  Bowen m.  Feb.  4'  1815   Com. 

b   Oct   12,  1791.  M.D.,  Providence,         Chas.  Morris  U.b.>., 

p   T  Washington  City. 

■  455 


456  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS    AT    THE 

1805...Bogeit,  Magdaleiia 

Maria d.  of  Garret  Bogert m.  Jan.  9,  1817,  Gerrit 

b.  Jan.  30,  1796.  Albany,  N.  Y.  L.  Dox,  Geneva. 

1810. ..Boiler,  Eliza d.  of  John  J.  Boiler.. ..m.  Dec.  8,  1815,  Chas. 

b.  June  IG,  1799.  Philadelphia.  H.  Baker. 

1813...Beltzhoover,  Marg't.d.  of  Jacob  Beltzhoo-..m.  Jan.  29,  1819, 
b.  Aug.  20,  1798.  ver,  near  Pittsburgh.     Samuel  Starkey, 

Cumberland  Iron 
Works,  Tenn. 
d.  June  2,  1831. 

1814. ..Bassett,  Mary  W d.  of  Isaac  Basset m.  Nov.  4,  1822,  Rev. 

b.  Feb.  19,  1805.  Newton,  Sussex  Co.,     P.  Kanouse. 

N.  J.  d.  May  25,  1844. 

1816. ..Boiler,  Catharine d.  of  John  J.  Boiler.. ..m.  March  17,  1825, 

b.  Oct.  20,  1805.  Philadelphia.  Henry  J.  Riehle. 

1817. ..Bacon,  Ann d.  of  Samuel  Bacon. ...m.  July  1,  1824,  John 

b.  Feb.  17,  1806.  Washington  City.  McCutchen. 

"       Beekman,  Jane  E....d.  of — Beekman m.  June  3, 1826,  Joseph 

b.  Jan.  27,  1807.  M.D.,  Columbia  Co.,      Northrup,  Jr. 

N.  Y.  d.  Jan.  26,  1857. 

1818. ..Bowie,  Matilda  E....d.  of  Thos.  C.  Bowie....m.  Sept.  22,  1832,  Col. 
b.  March  10,  1808.  Prince  George's  Co.,      AVilliam  Gi-een,  An- 

Md.  napolis. 

1827. ..Bibb,  Alinira d.  of  Gov.  Thos.  Bibb...m.  July  14,  1835, 

b.  Dec.  24,  1816.  Hunfsville,  Ala.  Archibald  E.  Mills. 

1828. ..Brown,  Maria  M d.  of  Michael  Brown...m.  Jan.  1,  1844,  Geo. 

b.  April  14,  1816.  Rahway,  N.  J.  Ellis,  New  York. 

1830...Boyer,  Anna  Maria...d.  of  Francis  A.  Boyer...m.  Dec.  1,  1843,  Wm. 
b.  Oct.  19,  1816.  M.D.,Snowhill,  Md.      P.  Pitts. 

d.  Sept.  16,  1850. 
1837. ..Bishop,  Henrietta.... d.  of  Jas.  B.  Bishop.. ..m.  Nov.  3,  1841,  John 
b.  June  15,  1826.  Augusta,  Ga.  C.  Carmichael. 

d.  April  11,  1854. 

"       Bishop,  Mary  A d.  of  Jas.  B.  Bishop.. ..m.  Nov.  6,  1856,  Wm. 

b.  Sept.  13,  1828.  Augusta,  Ga.  A.  Alexander. 

1838. ..Bunker,  Catharine 

M d.  of  Capt.  Bethuel m.  Dec.  12,  1843,  Ed- 

b.  Sept.  3,  1825.  Bunker,  New  York.       win  H.  Doty,  M.D. 
1844. ..Brown,  Sarah  Fran- 
ces  d.  of  Col.  Jas.  Brown...m.  Jan.  30,  1851,  Wm. 

Oxford,  Fayette  F.  Avent. 

Co.,  Miss. 
"       Brown,  Martha  Fre- 

donia d.  of  Col.  Jas.  Brown.. .m.  Dec   24,  1849,  II. 

Twins ;  b.  March  24,     Oxford,  Fayette  W.  Walter,  Holly 

1830.  Co.,  Miss.  Springs. 

lS50...Bonnell,  Joanna  K...d.  of  A.  V.  Bonnell m.  June  2,  1853,  John 

b.  1833.  Flemington,  N.  J.  W.  Clawson,  Cincin- 

nati. 

"       Bickel,  Anna  Maria.. d.  of  Levi  Bickel m.  Jan.  15,  1857,  Jos. 

b.  May  6,  1837.  Jonestown,  Lebanon     F.  Sarge. 

Co.,  Pa. 

1790...Cockburn,  Cath d.  of  Wm.  Cockburn...m.  May  9,  1798,  John 

b.  Aug.  18,  1778.  Esopus,  N.  Y.  Tremper,  Auburn. 

d.  1842,  at  Port  By- 
ron. 
1792. .. Coleman,  Elizabeth..d.  of  Robert  Coleman.. .m.  June  2,  1796,  Chas. 
b.  July  22,  1778.  Lancaster,  Pa.  .  Hall,  Muncy. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  457 

1703.. .Cooper,  Christiana 

E d.  of  Ananias  Coopcr...tD.  Sept.  4,  1795,  Wm. 

b.  Dec.  21,  1778.  Rhinebeck,  N.  Y.  Bache. 

d.  Sept.  13,  1826. 
181G...Cooinbe,Ruhainah...d.  of  Griffith  Coorabc.m.  1830,  Robt.  HewiH. 

Washington  City.  d.  1833. 

"       Coombe,  Eliza d.  of  Griffith  Coombe...m.  182G,  Rev.  Geo.  Gris- 

Washington  City.  wold,  Alexandria, 

d.  1828. 

1818...Covell,  Sarah  B d.  of  Matthew  Covell...m.  Aug.  20, 1828,  A.  R. 

b._  Oct.  14,  1802.  Wilkes-Uarr6,  Pa.  Howell,  M.D.,  Hills- 

borough, Ohio. 

"       Cargill,  CaroHne  E...d.  of  D.  Cargill m.  1830,  John  T.  B. 

b.  1808.  New  York.  Ketchum. 

d.  Jan.  1833. 

"       Cargill,  Mary  C d.  of  W.  Cargill m.  Oct.  25,  1830,  War- 

b.  Jan.  4,  1807.  New  York.  ren  Kimball. 

•'       Camman,Augusta  C..d.  of  Augustus  C m.  Feb.  10,  1852,  Edw. 

b.  July  11,  1808.  Camman,  New  York.      A.  Cooke,  Bound- 

brook,  N.  J. 

"       CargiH,  Jane d.  of  D.  Cargill m.  Dec.  21,  1824,  H.  A. 

b.  May  11,  1804.  New  York.  C.  Sturges. 

1825. ..CHne,  Rebecca  S d.  of  Ephraim  Cline....m.  March  10,  1831, 

b.  March  13,  1812.  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.         Joseph  B.  Shinn, 

Hillsborough,  Ohio, 
d.  Dec.  20,  1850. 

1826. ..Clarke,  Julia  B d.  of  Bowen  Clarke m.  Sept.  -5,  1836, 

b.  Feb.  4,  1813.  Providence,  R.  I.  Samuel  S.  Sumner, 

Newcastle,  Ky. 
"       Charlton,  Eliz'th  M...d.  of  John  Charlton.. ..m.  Dec.  27,  1836,  Rev. 
b.  Dec.  12,  1814.  Effingham  Co.,  Ga.        George  Wright. 

1836...Chauncey,  Helen d.  of  Wm.  Chauncey...d.  Jan.  29,  1848. 

b.  Aug.  23,  1820.  New  York. 

1838. ..Craig,  Kate d.  of  David  S.  Craig. ..m.  Nov.  8,  1841,  Wm. 

b.  Feb.  17,  1822.  Rah  way,  N.  J.  C.  Squier. 

1841...Cornick,  Marg't  F d.  of  James  Cornick...m.  Dec  11, 1845,  Thos. 

b.  Sept.  22,  1826.  Norfolk,  Va.  J.  Cornick. 

d.  Dec.  11,  1852. 

1842. ..Cox,  Matildas d.  of  Wm.  B.  Cox m.  Aug.  20,  1851,  Wm. 

b.  Oct.  22,  1828.  New  York.  Arnoux. 

d.  Feb.  28,  1855. 

1847...Cottin,  Alice  L d.  of  Leonidas  Cottin...m.  Nov.  10,  1857,  Wm. 

b.  Nov.  10,  1838.  La  Grange,  Fayette      A.  Houston. 

Co.,  Tenn. 
1852...CoAvperthAvaite, 

Amanda d.  of  Ambrose  Cow-....m.  May  31,  1855,  Geo. 

b.  June  8,  1835.  perthwaite,  Moores-      C.  Napheys,  Philada. 

town,  N.  J. 

1853. ..Camming,  Lydia d.  of  Chas.  Gumming... m.  Dec.  27,  1857,  Wm. 

b.  May  15,  1838.  Philadelphia.  Boyd,  Baltimore. 

1804. ..Duncan,  Marg't  B....d.  of  Isaac  Duncan.  ...m.  —  Brown, 
b.  Sept.  1794.  Philadelphia.  d.  1825 

1814. ..Davies,  Ann  J d.  of  William  Davies...m.  1st,  AVm.  Mcintosh  : 

b.  Dec.  28,  1800.  Savannah.  Ga.  2d,  Oct.  15,  1820, 

Chas.J.  Paine,  M.D., 
Milledgeville,  Ga. 
d.  April  16,  1847. 


458  CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS    AT   THE 

1832. ..Duncan,  Martha  E....d.  of  Wm.  Duncan d.  Aug.  31,  1832,  in 

b.  March  3,  1817.  Philadelphia.  the  Seminary. 

1835...DuffieId,  Julia  Ann...d.  of  Thos.W.  Duffield...m.  Jan.  30,  1844, 

b.  Aug.  21,  182U.  Frankford,  Pa.  Samuel  Comly,  Jr., 

Baltimore, 
d.  Aug.  21,  1847. 

1842. ..Dalzell,  Elizabeth.. ..d.  of  John  Dalzell m.  Sept.  16,  1850, 

b.  Dec.  15,  182G.  Philadelphia.  Frederick  Boyd, 

Quincy,  lU. 

1843...DetweiIer,  Mary d.  of  Christian  Detwei- 

b.  April  15,  1825.  ler,  Trappe,  Mont- 

gomery Co.,  Pa. 
1844...Detwiller,  Lucinda...d.  of  Henry  Detwiller...m.  Feb.  23,  1854,  G.  A. 
b.  June  27,  1831.  M.D.,  Hellertown,         Lilliendahl,  New 

Pa.  York. 

"      Dorney,  Evelina 

Maria d.  of  Philip  Dorney m.  Feb.  18, 1847,  Lewis 

b.  Dec.  24,  1827.  Philadelphia.  Haehnlen. 

1850. ..Davenport,  Ann  E....d.  of  John  T.  Daven- 
b.  Oct.  30,  1835.  port.  New  York. 

1851. ..Dorney,  Amanda  C...d.  of  Philip  Dorney m.  June  14,  1855,  H. 

b.  March  3,  1835.  Philadelphia.  B.  Craig. 

"       Doughty,  Louisa d   of  Joshua  Doughty, 

b.  .May  30,  1836.  Somerville,  N.  J. 

"      Deall,  Sarah  E d.  of  Jona.  J.  Deall m.  Jan.  6,  1858,  Uriah 

b.  Feb.  22,  1837.  Port  Chester,  N.  Y.       F.  Carpenter,  New 

York. 

"      Davis,  Sophie  K d.  of  John  Davis, 

b.  Dec.  29,  1837.  Easton,  Pa. 

1813. ..Earl,  Emily d.  of  William  Earl m.  June  10,  1819,  Wm, 

b.  Jan.  18,  1802.  Pittsburgh.  P.  Hughes,  Cincin- 

nati. 

1825. ..Eddy,  Anna  M d.  of  Samuel  Eddy m.  Aug.  15,  1831,  Geo. 

b.  Nov.  15,  1810.  Providence,  R.  I.  M.  Richmond. 

1839...EImendorf,  Mary d.  of  Peter  T.  Elmen-...m.  April  19,  1852,  Rev. 

b.  March  15,  1829.  dorf,  Somerville,  Eugene  A.  Hoffman, 

N.  J.  Elizabeth. 

1821...Faure,  Sophia d.  of  Vincent  Faure....m.  April  2,  1838,  Chas. 

b.  March  28,  1810.  New  York.  A.  Whitney. 

1835...Fatzinger,  Cath.  H...d.  of  John  Fatzinger...m.  Nov.  4.  1844,  Rev. 

b.  Nov.  4,  1826.  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.         Ashbel  G.  Harned. 

1840...rarnum,  Caroline d.  of  Henry  Farnum...m.  May  29,  1851,  Ed- 

b.  May  25,  1830.  Philadelphia.  ward  R.  Bell,  New 

York. 
1841. ..French,  Esther  T d.  of  Samuel  French.. .m.  Oct.  7,  1851,  E.  C. 

b.  Feb.  12,  1830.  Plymouth,  Luzerne        Wadhams. 

Co.,  Pa. 
1850. ..Fleming,  Mattie  A....d.  of  Joseph  Fleming, 

b.  June  28,  1836.  Philadelphia. 

1788... Greene,  Martha 

Washington d.  of  Gen.  Nathaniel... m.  1st,  — Nightingale; 

b.  March  14,  1777.  Greene,  Rhode  2d,  Henry  Turner, 

Island.  M.D. 

d. 


BETHLEHEM   FEMALE   SEMINARY.  459 

1788...  Greene,  Cornelia 

Lott d.  of  Gen.  Nathaniel. ..m.  Ist,  —  Skipwith, 

b.  Sept.  23,  1779.  Greene,  Rhode  Virjjiniii; 

Island.  2d,  Edw.  Littlefield, 

Tennessee ;  resides 
at  Jackson,  Miss. 

1790... Graham,  Mary Berks  Co.,  Pa m.  1st,  —  Shaw; 

2d,  —  Stocker. 
d. 

1792...Gardette,  Esther d.  of  James  6ardette...ni. 

Philadelphia. 

"       Gardiner,  Maria d.  of  George  Gardiner, 

near  Baltimore. 

1793...Geddes,  Ann d.  ofCapt.  Geo.  Geddes, 

b.  Aug.  19,  1781.  Philadelphia. 

1794... Green,  Mary d.  of  William  Green, 

b.  Sept.  9,  1783.  New  York. 

"       Green, Temperance.. .d.  of  William  Green, 

b.  July  9,  1785.  New  York. 

"       Green,  Margaret d.  of  William  Green, 

b.  Aug.  14,  1786.  New  York. 

1797... Graham,  Ann d.  of  James  Graham, 

b.  July  11,  1784.  New  York. 

"       Gossler,  Mary d.  of  Philip  Gossler....m.  Capt.  Vicary, 

b.  Sept.  5,  1783.  York,  Pa.  U.S.A. 

d. 

"       Gilbert,  Angelica d.  of  Ezekiel  Gilbert. ..d.  1842. 

b.  Dec.  1780.  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

"       Gaie,MariaCornelia..d.  of  Capt.  Henry  Gale, 

b.  Oct.  8,  1787.  Goshen,  N.  Y. 

1799...Gibbs,  AmeHa d.  of  Josiah  W.  Gibbs, 

b.  Feb.  22,  1788.  Philadelphia. 

"       Goodwin,  Sarah  H.  ..d.  of  Thomas  Goodwin, 
b.  June  7,  1790.  Aston,  near  Chester, 

Pa. 

1800...  Glenn,  Ann  Maria Savannah,  Ga. 

b.  July,  1787. 

"       Gelston,  Mary d.  of  D.  Gelston, 

b.  April  22,  1789.  New  York. 

1801. ..Gorman,  Mary  O' n.  of  Thos.  O'Gorman, 

Buenos  Ayres,  S.  A. 
1802...Gilman,  Jane  Rob- 
bins d.  of  Benjamin  Ives m.  Dudley  Woodbridge, 

b.  Nov.  9,  1790.  Gilman,  Marietta,  Jr. 

Ohio.  d.  1807. 

1803... Gilbert,  Jane d.  of  Garret  Gilbert, 

b.  Dec.  30,  1794.  New  York. 

1804... Graham,  Mary  E w.  of  William  Knapp, 

b.  Sept.  8,  1791.  Greenwich,  Conn. 

"       Graham,  Jerusha  C*  ..w.  of  William  Knapp, 
b.  Sept.  6,  1793.  Greenwich,  Conn. 

"       Gibbs,  Sarah w.  of  John  Moore, 

b.  Sept.  1,  1790.  Charleston,  S.  C. 

1808..  Geiger,  Eleanora d.  of  John  Geiger m.  Feb.  28,  1821,  Rev. 

b.  May,  1799.  Hagerstown,  Md.  Sam'l  S.  Schmucker, 

D.D. 

d.  July  3,  1823,  at 
New  Market,  Va. 


460  CATALOGUE    OF   PUPILS   AT   THE 

1818... Goodrich, Elizabeth..d.  of  James  Goodrich. ..m.  Sept.  24. 1828,  Thos. 
b.  June  19,  1808.  New  Haven,  Conn.         H.  Bond,  Oswego, 

N.  Y. 

1820... Gillies,  Ann  Jane d.  of  David  G.  Gillies...m.  Aug.  12,  1845, 

b.  June  14,  1807.  New  York.  Archibald  Gourlay. 

1827... Gillies,  Cornelia  B...d.  of  David  G.  Gillies...m.  .Jan.  22,  1839,  Rev. 
b.  Aug.  31,  1813.  New  York.  Henry  Clark,  Bur- 

lington. Conn. 

1845. ..Gross,  Julia  Ann d.  of  John  E.  Gross. ...m.  John  R.  Malin, 

b.  May  4,  1820.  Trappe,  Montgo-  Philadelpliia. 

mery  Co.,  Pa. 

"       Gross,  Mary d.  of  John  E.  Gross.. ..m.  Benj.  P.  Wertsner. 

b.  Jan.  4,  1828.  Trappe,  Montgo-  Whitpain. 

mery  Co.,  Pa. 

1852... Gross,  Matilda  A d.  of  Thos.  J.  Gross, 

b.  June  30,  1835.  Trappe,  Montgo- 

mery Co.,  Pa. 

1790. ..Huntington, Lucy  C...d.  of  Andrew  Hunt-...m.  1797,  Elisha  Tracy, 
b.  1778.  ington,  Norwich,  d.  May  9,  1846. 

Conn. 
"       Huntington,  Eliza 

Moore d.  of  Gen.  Jedediah....d.  March  21,  1823. 

b.  Jan.  20,  1779.  Huntington,  New 

London,  Conn. 

1791. ..Huntington,  Ann  C.d.  of  Gen.  Jedediah m.  Peter  Richards. 

b.  Oct.  9,  1780.  Huntington,  New  d.  Jan.  9,  1857. 

London,  Conn. 
1792. ..Huntington,  Faith 

T d.  of  Gen.  Jedediah. ...m.  Benj.  Huntington, 

b.  Oct.  7,  1782.  Huntington,  New  New  York. 

London,  Conn.  d.  April  5,  1838. 

1793. ..Huntington,  Harriet 

Smith d.  of  Gen.  Jedediah.. ..m.  Sept.  18,  1806,  John 

b.  July  24,  1784.  Huntington,  New  De  Witt. 

London,  Conn.  d.  Sept.  6,  1849. 

1795...Hillhouse,  Sarah d.  of  Daniel  Hillhouse...m.  Oct.  1804,  Felix  G. 

b.  Sept.  1782.  Washington,  Ga.  Gilbert. 

d.  May  1,  1808. 

"       Hillhouse,  Mary d.  of  Daniel  Hillhouse...m.  Andrew  Shepherd. 

b.  Dec.  1784.  Washington,  Ga.  d.  April  22,  1856. 

1806. ..Hammond,  Abigail 

V d.  of  Isaac  Hammond...m.  Aug.  18,  1825, 

b.  Nov.  17,  1798.  Norfolk,  Va.  David  A.  Sayre,  Lex- 

ington, Ky. 

1807. ..Hewson,  Mary d.  of  AVm.  Hewson m.  Nov.  24,  1814, 

b.  Feb.  14,  1796.  Philadelphia.  Abraham  Baltzell, 

Gallatin,  Tenn. 
"       Hewson,  Ann  Eliza- 
beth  d.  of  Wm.  Hewson m.  — Gordon,  Nash- 

b.  Nov.  9,  1797.  Philadelphia.  ville,  Tenn. 

d.  1825. 

1808. ..Hay,  Catharine d.  of  Daniel  Hay m.  Oct.  6,  1818,  Lucius 

b.  Oct.  24,  1795.  Philadelphia.  Q.  C.  Elmer,  Bridge- 

ton,  N.  J. 

1809. ..Hay,  Mary d.  of  Daniel  Hay m.  1824,  Jas.  M.  Hirst. 

b.  Jan.  19,  1797.  Philadelphia.  d.  1825. 


BETHLEHEM    FEMALE    SEMINARY.  4G1 

1810...Heartt,  Ann  Eliza.. ..d.  of  Philip  Heartt m.  1815,  James  Van- 
fa.  Dec.  24,  17'.J7.             Troy,  N.  Y.  brakle. 

d.  Dec.  IBoo. 

1813...Hitner,  Isabella  M....d.  of  Daniel  Hitner m.  Oct.  ]8Kt,  Henry 

b.  June  12,  17U9.  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa.      Potts,  Pottstown. 

1818. ..Havens,  Jane  T d.  of  B.  Havens,  M.D...m.  Autumn,  1831,  Sam'l 

b.  Dec.  11,  1806.  Deckertowu,  N.  J.         Marshall,  M.D. 

d.  Sept.  18,  183.3. 
1822. ..Humphreys,  Sarah 

A d.  of  D.  Humphreys.  ...m.  Enos  Cordell,  Mis- 
fa.  June  26,  1808.  Charlestown,  Va.  souri. 

d. 

1838. ..Hunn,  Marg't  M d.  of  John  Hunn m.  Jan.  10,  1846, 

b.  Feb.  10,  182.5.  New  York.  —Jump. 

d.  Sept.  17,  1849. 

1843. ..Hurst,  Anne  E d.  of  James  G.  nurst...m.  July  7,  1851,  Edw. 

b.  April  23,  1828.  Charlestown,  Va.  Lee  Wager,  M.D., 

Harper's  Ferry. 

1846. ..Horn,  Emma  R d.  of  John  Horn m.  Feb.  1,  185-3,  G.  A. 

b.  March  10,  1833.          Philadelphia.  Reichert,  Jr. 

1847.. .Horn,  Anna  Maria.  ...d.  of  John  Horn m.  Nov.  9,  1855,  Ben- 
Philadelphia,  jamin  S.  Lewrv. 

1849...Hetfield,  Louisa d.  of  Robert  M.  net-...ni.'  Nov.  4,  1857,^David 

b.  May  24,  1833.  field,  Elizabeth,  Gordon,  Toiiipkins- 

N.  J.  viUe,  N.  Y. 

1852...Huger,  Anna  L. 

(Daisy) Charleston,  S.  C m.  Feb.  16,  1858,  Wm. 

b.  Dec.  18,  1839.  S.  Elliott. 

1857. ..Hicks,  Mary d.  of  Elias  Hicks,  Jr., 

b.  Sept.  4,  1839.  New  York. 

1794. ..Johnston,  Janet d.  of  Christopher ra.  Rev.  James  Inglis, 

b.  1783.  Johnston,  Baltimore.      D.D. 

d.  Sept.  2,  1816. 

1814. ..Johnson,  Harriet  R...d.  of  John  Johnson m.  Dec.  22,  1832,  Rev. 

b.  Nov.  14,  1800.  Newton,  N.  J.  .Lames  C.  Edwards, 

Morristown. 
d.  Jan.  16,  1836. 

1834. ..Jones,  Elizabeth  A... d.  of  Isaac  Jones m.  Sept.  25,  1839, 

fa.  March  20,  1822.  New  York.  Alonzo  R.  Cushman. 

"       Jones, MaryAugusta..d.  of  Isaac  Jones m.  Sept.  2i),  1849, 

fa.  Aug.  29,  1824.  New  York.  Christopher  D.  Var- 

ley,  M.D. 

1847...Joyner,  Fannie  H d.  of  Thos.  Joyner m.  June  28, 1853,  Peter 

fa.  Nov.  30,  1831.  Memphis,  Tenn.  P.  Siler,  Plumfa 

Bayou,  Arkansas. 

1812. ..Knight,  Elizabeth w.  of  .lames  Darrach...m.  Thos.  M.  Blount, 

fa.  Aug.  0,  1803.  Pliiladelphia.  Washington  City. 

1824...Kilborne,  Harriet 

R d.  of  Ira  Kilfaorne m.  Dec.  24,  1829. 

b.  March  14,  1808.  Lawrenceville,  Pa.         William  B.  Mann, 

Illinois. 

1828. ..King,  Lydia  E d.  of  Aaron  King m.  April  16.  18.37, 

b.  May  8,  1816.  New  York.  Rev.  Smith  P.  Gam- 

mage,  Waverly. 
Long  Island,  N.  Y. 


462  CATALOGUE    OF    PUPILS   AT   THE 

1834...Kummer,  Sophia  L...d.  of  Rev.  John  G m.  Oct.  16,  1856, 

b.  Oct.  16,  1824.  Kummer,  Bethle-  Edward  Pierce, 

hem.  Pa.  Sandy  Spring,  Md. 

1857...Kathrens,  Alice Rio  Grande,  Texas d.  Feb.  5,  1858,  in  the 

b.  Feb.  21,  1844.  Seminary. 

1797...L,eet,  Elizabeth d.  of  Daniel  Leet m.  Nov.  10,  1803, 

b    Feb.  27,  1784.  Washington  Co.,  Pa.     Daniel  Shields, 

Sewicklyville,  Pa. 

1836. ..Lewis,  Juliet  H d.  of  Ellis  Lewis m.  June  7,  1848, 

b.  Aug.  5,  1823.  Williamsport,  Pa.  James  H.  Campbell, 

Pottsville,  Pa. 

*'       Lewis,  Mary  B d.  of  .Jas.  M.  Lewis m.  Sept.  17, 1846,  Antes 

b.  Aug.  1,  1826.  Pottsville,  Pa.  Snyder,  Pottstown. 

1838  ..Lee,  Julia  G d.  of  Adam  Lee m.  March  10,  1847,  D. 

b.  June  21,  1823.  Rahway,  N.  J.  P.  Post,  New  York. 

1840...Lockwood,  Mary  A...d.  of  Thos.  S.  Lock- m.  June  22,  1852, 

b.  March  30,  1829.  wood,  Fallsburg,  George  Seaman, 
N.  Y.                               Sangerties,  N.  Y. 
1842...Lilliendahl,  Caro- 
line  d.  of  C.  D.  W.  Lillien-...d.  July  2,  1851. 

b.  Aug.  12,  1831.  dahl,  New  York. 

1846. ..Lewis,  Anna  J d.  of  Jas.  M.  Lewis, 

b.  Nov.  18,  1829.  Norristown,  Pa. 

"       Lewis,  Sarah  W d.  of  Jas.  M.  Lewis, 

b.  Aug.  9,  1831.  Norristown,  Pa. 

1853. ..Loyd,  Eliz'th  H d.  of  AVm.  B.  Loyd, 

b.  Dec.  23,  1843.  Philadelphia. 

1854. ..Locke,  Julia  D d.  of  J.  D.  Locke m.  Oct.  26,  1857, 

b.  July  10,  1837.  New  York.  Wm.  B.  Bloodgood, 

Jacksonville,  E. 
Florida. 

1791. ..Morgan,  Elizabeth. ..d.  of  Jacob  Morgan m.  Sept.  3,  1801, 

b.  Feb.  26,  1782.  Philadelphia.  William  Sergeant, 

d.  June  8,  1852. 

1806. ..Masters,  Eunice d.  of  Josiah  Masters....m.  May  19,  1819,  Chas. 

b.  Feb.  9,  1794.  Scaghticoke,  N.  Y.         Stebbins,  Cazenonia, 

N.  Y. 

1819. ..Munn,  Sarah  T d.  of  Stephen  B m.  Oct.  18,  1829, 

b.  Jan.  22,  1809.  Munn,  New  York.         Thos.  F.  Cornell. 

d.  March  29,  1853. 

1838. ..Marsh,  Caroline d.  of  James  Marsh m.  April  25,  1844, 

b.  June  19,  1825.  Philadelphia.  Nicholas  Guilbert. 

1841. ..Miller,  Mary  Ann d.  of  Abraham  Miller...m.  Sept.  1,  1846, 

b.  March  25,  1827.  Easton,  Pa.  John  H.  Kase, 

Newark,  N.  J. 

1851. ..Michael,  Mary  C g.d.  of  Mrs.  Catharine.. m.  June  26,  1855, 

b.  Aug.  8,  1836.  Finlay,  Baltimore.         Benedict  H.  King, 

Perrymanville, 
Md. 
1854...Millington,  Catha- 
rine Ann d.  of  John  Millington, 

b.  Aug.  25,  1835.  M.D.,  Memphis, 

Tenn. 

1814...Norris,  Ann  B d.  of  .Lames  Norris...'...m.  1827,  John  J.  Wurts, 

b.  Feb.  29,  1804.  Baltimore.  Easton,  Pa. 


BETHLEHEM  FEMALE  SEMINARY.  463 

1835... Ogden,  Cordelia  A.... d.  of  .John  Ogden m.  June  24,  1846, 

b.  Dec.  2,  1818.  Newark,  N.  J.  J.  H.  Clark,  M.D. 

1708. ..Pratt,  Sarah  C d.  of  Henry  Pratt m.  Sept.  14,  1809, 

b.  Dec.  1,  1791.  Philadelphia.  Thomas  McKeau, 

d.  Dec.  31,  1836. 

1811. ..Peter,  Dorcas  E d.  of  David  Peter m.  April  23,  1821, 

b    March  29,  1803.  Gnadenhutten,  Ohio.     J.  Tschudy. 

d.  Aug.  31,  1823. 

1840. ..Philips,  Eliza  D d.  of  John  Philips m.  Jan.  13,  1853, 

b.  April  28,  1827.  E.  Baton  Rouge,  La.     Horace  B.  Vibbert. 

1825...Riggs,  Ann d.  of  Geo.  W.  Riggs....m.  Dec.  17,  1835, 

b.  June  23,  1811.  Baltimore.  W.  C.  Pickersgill, 

New  York. 
1840...Rittenhouse,  Emma 

M d.  of  Josiah  Ritten- d.  Jan   30,  1858,  as 

b.  April  9,  1835.  house,  Wissahickon,      tutoress  in  the 

Pa.  Seminary.. 

1798...Shedden,  Annabella..d.  of  Wm.  Shedden d.  in  England. 

b.  Dec.  178G.  New  York. 

1818...Slocuni,  Ruth  T d.  of  Joseph  Slocum...m.  Dec.  1,  1825,  Wm. 

b.  Dec.  5,  1804.  Wilkes-Barr(;,  Pa.  S.  Ross. 

1829...Sno\vden,  Mary  L d.  of  F.  L.  Snowden...m.  Oct.  18,  1832,  Chas. 

b.  Dec.  IG,  1814.  Louisville,  Ky.  F.  Snowden,  M.D., 

Baltimore. 

1834...Sturges,  Anna  F. d.  of  H.  A.  C.  Sturges...m.  June  3,  1849,  L.  A. 

b.  Aug.  4,  1827.  New  York.  Spence,  Sandusky 

City,  Ohio. 

"       SchaH,  Cath.  Ann d.  of  John  Schall m.  Jan.  27,  1843,  Wm. 

b   Jan.  7,  1821.  Orwigsburg,  Pa.  M.  Bickel. 

1841...Sandos,  Alicia  M d.  of  John  Sandos m.  Oct.  .30,  1849,  D.  K. 

b.  March  8,  1830.  Philadelphia.  Shoemaker,  M.D., 

Rockport,  Pa. 

1845.. .Stover,  Emmeline d.  of  Henry  S.  Stover...ra.  June  14,  1853,  J.  C. 

b.  June  19,  1828.  Erwinna,  Pa.  Stewart,  M.D., 

Greenwich,  N.  J. 

1839. ..Thomas,  Lucy  M d.  of  Moses  Thomas. ..m.  May  31,  1855,  Wm. 

b.  Sept.  28,  1827.  Philadelphia.  Hopper. 

d.  Jan.  26,  1856. 

1818...White,  ElizaJ d.  of  William  White.. ..m.  March  27,  1823, 

b.  Api'il  27,  1806.  Middlotown,  JeflFer-       Laurence  Young, 

son  Co.,  Ky. 


INDEX. 


Accommodations,  Increased 78 

Ackerly,  Margaret 264 

Adams,  Louisa  Catharine 210 

Adams,  John  Qiiincy 208 

Addison,  Eliza 278,280 

Allemand,  Hersile 278,  280 

Allen,  Anna 129 

Allen,  Polly 262 

Arden,  Louisa 266 

Arden,  Maria 264 

Arms,  Brethren  opposed  to  bear- 
ing  


Backus,  Lucretia 275,  276, 

Baylor,  Maria  W 

Beach,  Hannah 

Benade,  Brother  Andrew...   145, 

Bell,  State  House 

Bells,  Christ  Church 

Berthelsdorf. 

Berwick,  Ann  E 

Bethlehem,  Settlement  of 

Bethlehem,  Visited  in  1783 

BeverhouJt,  Adriona  van 

Bezold,  Gottlieb 

Bingliam,  Ann 

Bingham,  Mary 

Bininger,  Patty 

Birthdays,  Observances  of...  68, 

Bishop,  David 

Blakely,  Aurelia 

Bleck,  Ernest  F 

Bleecker,  Elizabeth 

Boehler,  Frederica  H 

Boehler,  Peter 

Bonn,  John  Hermann,  or  "Pappy 

Bonn" 143, 

Bowen,  Sarah 

Brashier,  Helen 

Breakfast  of  milk  and  bread 

Brethrens'  House,  Occupation  of 
Britten,  Elizabeth  de 278, 


164 

277 

274 

274 

1.58 

182 

182 

18 

96 

20 

251 

94 

23 

119 

265 

267 

142 

23 

55 

216 

95 

278 


290 
123 
95 
142 
161 
284 


Britton,  Judith  de 272,  273,  275 

Broome,  Caroline 260,  263 

Brown,  Anne 267 

Brown,  Caroline 225 

Browne,  Mary 271,  272,  278 

Buildings,  Ancient 29 

Building,  New 227 

Bull,  Hetty  M 86 

!  Buxton,  Sarah 9G 

I  Byrnes,  Eleanor 26-5 

i  Byvanck,  Jane 9<> 

I  Canadian  Prisoners 165 

i  Carey,  Eliza 265 

Cauffman,  A 267 

Champion,  Lucretia.  ..271,  272,  274 

Chapel  dedicated 222 

Chester,  Elizabeth 85 

Chitty,  P 279 

Christie,  Eliza 277 

Christmas  Festivities 124 

Church  dedicated,  1806 148 

Churchyard 241 

Circular  issued,  conditions 83 

Coleman,  Elizabeth 121 

Congregation,  Ocean 24 

Corner  Stone  of  1790 88 

Cox,  Maria 5-5,  56 

Cunow,  G 278 

Cunow,  Brother  John  G 160,  187 

Currie,  Ann ^^ 

Daddy  Thomas 153 

Daily  Events,  Journal  of..  45,  65,  93 

Davidson,  Elizabeth 276 

Davis,  Elizabeth 267,  268 

Death,  The  first 129 

Devenish,  Caroline 275,  277 

Dialogue  of  1790 94 

Dialogue  of  1793 119 

Diary  of  1776 1^=^ 

I  Diet  and  Dress ^^ 


466 


INDEX. 


Discipline.  The  Statutes  of. 33 

Distaff ....'. 49 

Domestic   Manufactures,    Selec- 
tion of  by  AVashington 88 

Dorsey,  Betsy 276 

Dorsey,  ^lary 274 

Dorsey,  M.  H 284 

Douglass,  Sarah 284 

Dover,  Martha 274 

Dover,  Sarah 283 

Du  Ponceau,  Peter  S 191 

Earthenware,  Manufacture  of....  257 

Economy  in  ^Management 43 

Egbert,  EUza 265 

EUet,  Mrs.  E.  F 224 

Ettwein,  Bishop 94 

Examination,  The  first 53 

Exclusiveness  abandoned 203 

Expenses  of  Tuition 40 

Fever,  Malignant 213 

Field,  Abigail 122 

Fisher,  Juliana 136,  279 

Fisher,  Louisa 280 

Fishing  in  the  Lehigh Ill 

Flagg,  Maria  M 123 

Fonda,  Elizabeth 275,  279 

Frelinghuysen,  Maria 96 

Friendly  Neighbors 236 

Friedenshiitten 98 

Fries,  Eliza 103 

Frueauff,  Brother 200 

Gale,  Maria  C 277,  283 

Garrison,  Nicholas 23,  238 

Germantown,  The  Battle-of. 182 

Gilbert,  Angelica 280,  281,  282 

Gnadenhiitten 98 

Good  Peter 105 

Graham,  Ann 132,  280,  281,  282 

Greene,  Cornelia  Lott 54,  95 

Greene,  General 51 

Greene,  Martha  AV 266 

Grube,  Bernhard  A 64 

Grunewald 21 

Grunewald,  Painting  by 210 

Hahn,  Miss 225 

Halsey,  Sarah 120 

Hancock,  John 184 

Handy,  Mehitabel 267,  273,  279 

Hamilton,  ISlary  L 206 

Harrison,  Eliza 284 

Heckewelder,  The  Missionary...     67 
Heckewelder,  Polly;  first  Avhite 
woman  born  in  Ohio 07 


Henry,  Anna 275 

Henry,  Elizabeth 96 

Henry,  Patty 121 

Herman,  Brother 218 

Hermelin,  Baron 254 

Hermitage 235 

Hertell,  Ann ^ 260 

Heydenreich,  Rev.  Lewis 224 

Hickley,  Ann  Maria 56,  95 

Hillhouse,  Sarah 268 

Horsfield,  Sarah 275,  277 

Hospital,  Suffering  in  the 170 

Hospital,  Tlie  Continental 164 

Hosi^ital,  Removal  of 185 

Hospital,  Removal  to  Lancaster..  187 

Hotel,  The  Sun 72 

Howard,  Deborah 283 

Howard,  Rachel 123 

Huebner,  Abraham  L.,  M.D 224 

Huebner,  Brother  Lewis, becomes 

Inspector 159 

Huntington,  Eliza  M 94 

Huntington,  Faith 268 

Huntington,  Harriets 267 

Huss,  John 18 

Independence,  War  of. 26 

Indian  Converts 242 

Ingraham,  Polly 284 

Instruction  and  Recreation 42 

Ireland,  Jane 262 

Iroquois,  Visit  of. 97 

Journal  of  Daily  Events...  45,  65,  93 

Journal,  School 105 

Johnston,  Janet 266 

.Jones,  Ann 96 

Kalb,  Baron  de 176 

Kampman,  Eliza 278 

King,  Cornelia. 261 

Kip,  Eliza 283 

Kip,  Helen 55 

Kip,  Helen  M 86 

Kitchen  built 152 

Kliest,  Lister 54,  130 

Kummer,  Ann  Louisa 284 

Kummer,  Brother 216 

Kummer,  Maria  E 275 

Lafayette,  General 39,  183 

Lambert,  Scott,  M.D 224 

Langaard,  Sister 57 

Langdon,  Hannah 56 

Lansing,  Arrietta 271,  272,  274 

Lansing,  Catharine 273 

Lawrence,  Elizabetli 283 


INDEX. 


467 


Lease-system  abolished 239 

Leet,  Elizabeth 273,  275,  278 

Letherman,  Margaret 275,  276 

Life,  Mode  of. 231 

Longfellow's  hymn  of  the  Nuns..     40 

McDonald,  Elizabeth .267 

McUhenny,  Mary 96 

McLachlan,  Polly 268 

McVherson,  Harriet 274 

Massey,  Ann 265 

Mintji,  The  Nurse 81 

Moore,  Esther 95 

Moravians,  The l*^ 

Morgan,  Eliza 265 

Mumford,  Catharine "-08 

Music  and  Musical  instru- 
ments    l"*! 


Nazareth 20  , 

Needle,  and  Tambour  work 38  | 

Nitschman,  Bishop  David 20,  22  i 

Nurse  Mintji 81  l 

Ocean  Congregation 24 

Ogle,  Elizabeth 282 

Old  Man's  Place 235 

Otsiquette,  or  Pierre  Jaquette...   101 

Otto,  Dr 254 

Owings,  Deborah 55 

Palmer,  Lydia 55 

Paris,  Peggy 284 

Patronage 138 

Parsons,  Mary 2()0 

Peace,  Love  of 164 

Pearls  in  the  Lehigh 255 

Perkins,  Mary • 266 

Peter,  Good 105 

Peters,  Richard 176 

Phillips,  Hannah 96 

Place,  Old  Man's 235 

Piatt,  Amelia 268 

Post,  Christian  Frederick 23 

Pratt,  Ann  M 284 

Pratt,  Sarah  C 282 

Prisoners,  Canadian 165 

Pulaski,  Banner  presented  to....     38 
Pupils,  The  first 31 

Railroads 240 

Rakestraw,  Patty 121 

llauch.  The  Missionary 21 

Red  .Jacket 100,  104 

Kedick,  Sarah 275,  276 

Reichel,  Brother  Chai-les  G 187 

Reichelt,  Caroline  Sophia 278 


Reports,  False 150 

Retreat  through  the  Jerseys 168 

Richards,  Catharine  M 265 

Robeson,  Jane 276,  282 

Roepper,  William  Theodore 220 

Rural  Life,  a  Dramatic  composi- 
tion by  Sister  Langaard...  57-65 

Sanders,  Sarah 269 

Salt,  Cost  of. 171 

School  Journal 105 

Schools  opened 29 

Sch6pf,  John,  M.D 251 

Schropp,  Joanna  E 283 

Schuyler,  General 175 

Schweinitz,  Brother  de 202 

Seidel,  Brother 200,  205 

Seidel,  Nathaniel 23 

Serra,  Abbe  Correa  de 191 

Shaw,  Joseph 23 

Shedden,  Annabella 283 

Shippen,  William,  M.D 109,  178 

Shultz,  Brother 219 

Sibbald,  George 152 

Sick  and  Wounded,  Care  of. 179 

Single    Brethren's    House    pur- 
chased    160 

Smith,  Caroline 266 

Smith,  Harriet 121 

;   Spangenberg,  Bishop 22 

Spinet,  The 38 

1  Spring,  The 235 

Stansbury,  Lydia  P 103 

Steinhauer,  Brother 189 

Steinhauer,  Daniel 224 

Steuben,  Eleanor  von 283 

Storm,  Esthei' 275,  276,  277 

Storrs,  Eliza 273,274 

Strong,  Charlotte 273 

Sun  Hotel 72 

I  Tambour  and  Needle-work 38 

i   Taxation 259 

Teachers  from  Europe 141 

Thomas,  Daddy 153 

Titze,  Brother 221 

Tucker,  Susan  M 277 

t  Unger,  Mary '^^ 

\  United  Brethren,  Church  of 17 

I  Vanderheyden,  Catharine...  275,  278 

Van  Ylcck,  Helen 269 

Van  Vleck,   Brother  Jacob,  be- 
comes Inspector 83 

Van  Vleck's  Inspectorship  con- 

i  eludes 137 


468 


INDEX. 


Van  Vleck,  Brother 115 

Vcan  Vleck,  Jane 94,  120 

Van  Vleck,  Polly 268 

Van  Zandt,  Ann 95 

Vriehuis,  Margaret  C 56 

Vriehuis,  Peggy 80 

Walsh,  Jane 85 

War  of  Independence 26 

War  of  1812 188 

Warren,  Cynthia 278 

Warren,  John,  M.D 169 

Washington,  The  Death  of. 132 


Washington 38 

Watson,  Esther  Ann 96 

Waterworks 256 

Watteville,  Bishop  John  de...  28,  163 

White,  Sarah 265 

AVhitefield,  Rev.  George 20 

Whiting,  Fanny 95 

Wilcox,  Eleanor 267 

Wilkins,  Hannah 265 

WoUe,  Brother 223 

Zinzendorf,  Count 18,  21,  98, 

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